👉 WHAT DO THE VERBS IN BLUE IN THE ARTICLE MEAN IN YOUR LANGUAGE. Why rudeness is so toxic — and how to stop it Rudeness perpetuates rudeness. And the act of being rude or being the recipient of rude behavior can impede productivity, emotions and overall health. Rudeness is a stressor and it affects our health and wellbeing because it's emotionally upsetting. No one likes being cut off , bumped into or the recipient of a terse email. Yet it happens all the time — both to us and if you think hard enough, you can probably think of something you did or said not too long ago that someone else may have seen as not so nice. Therein lies the problem, explains Michael P. Leiter, PhD, Professor of Organizational Psychology at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia. Rudeness happens when someone behaves in a way that doesn’t align with the way someone else might think is appropriate or civil, he says. “You can’t really assume that the people you’re encountering share your core values abo...
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