I recently stayed with so called friends and was amazed how much they yell and swear...at each other at anything and especially when driving they think is is the norm....Is it too stressful down there they are not on there own either...but when they visit me they are never that bad...why ?????
2007-02-17 20:50:32 · 6 answers · asked by Pollys Mum 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The real problem is stress and frustration,the traffic in some towns is horrendous.So much time is spent sitting in jams and its all very well to say that people should stay calm but when working hard that time spent in traffic could be put to better use.Also these same drivers put in a different situation,example: on holiday in a rural area with all the time in the world would not yell and swear...
2007-02-17 21:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My boyfriend and I don't yell and swear. So if you're tempted to judge all Londoners on the behaviour of two people, can you please use us as your basis instead of your "so called friends"?
Most drivers don't, either. I live and work in central London and I walk to work every day. I cross zebra crossings and wait at traffic lights and so on, plenty of opportunities to witness/experience bad behaviour, but there isn't really any. People sounding their horns is rare enough that everyone looks round to see what the problem is, and it's incredibly rare to see people yelling things out of their car windows at each other.
Your friends just sound like angry, stressed people. City life isn't for everyone. You have to have a sense of humour and a sense of perspective to cope with the crowds, the noise, the queues and the delays. And people who respond to the least annoyance by making it worse and trying to antagonise everyone around them are a major cause of stress in others.
Waiting in a queue is a minor inconvenience. Waiting in a queue when the person behind you is acting like a two-year-old in a temper tantrum is incredibly stressful. And that would be your friends, by the sounds of it!
I am not surprised that when you're with them it seems like everyone's doing the same as they are - it's probably in response to all the naked aggression that they are showing to the people they come across.
2007-02-18 07:34:52 · answer #2 · answered by Snakey B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think most people shout and swear dont have to be from london im from scotland and some people give you reason to get anoyed, i think some people get there license from woolies.43 fatal accident on the a9 in the last 6 month up here its madness.
2007-02-18 04:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by bitch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People swear and drive all across the country... not only londoners.
2007-02-18 04:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by ஐ♥PinkBoo - TTC #1♥ஐ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the ones that don't know how to drive properly and have no respect for others - which means most of them.
But you'll find them are all round the world.
2007-02-18 04:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by Froggy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try visiting New York. The intensity and cuthroat attidude of drivers there... it borderlines humour.
2007-02-18 04:56:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋