I See Rude People: One Woman's Battle to Beat Some Manners into Impolite Society

by Amy Alkon

Overview

"This crazy redhead is on to something. Her pink Rambler story alone is worth the price of the book." -- Elmore Leonard

"Amy Alkon is intellectually promiscuous--and funny as hell." -- Paleopsychologist Howard Bloom, author of The Lucifer Principle

We all just suck it up every day. You leave the house for a latte and somebody'll flip you the bird on your way and force their loud cellphone conversation on you once you're there.

It doesn't have to be that way, says award-winning syndicated columnist Amy Alkon. Her hilarious stories of her in-your-face encounters with rude people and businesses will inspire you to stand up to the boors in your own world.

Alkon not only gives the offenders a taste of their own medicine, she delves into anthropology, psychology, and behavioral science to figure out why we're rude and how we can stop all the intruding, shoving, and shouting. She ensures that all these rude people get their comeuppance:

-Lax parents
-Internet bullies
-Rude drivers
-Negligent businesses
-Telemarketing executives
-Car thieves
-Parking space hogs
-That loud jerk in the drugstore line

In this funny, ferocious and freewheeling expose, Alkon gives you the tools you need to confront these abusers and restore common courtesy, respect and good manners to society...one chastened cellphone shouter at a time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071600224
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/23/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Amy Alkon writes the award-winning nationally syndicated advice column, The Advice Goddess, which appears in about 100 papers across the U.S. and Canada. She has been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Glamour and Psychology Today, and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR, CNN, MTV, Politically Incorrect and Nightline. She blogs daily at advicegoddess.com. Twitter: amyalkon

Table of Contents

1 Rude Awakening 1

2 Let the Shun Shine in 21

3 It all Started When Fred Lopez Stole My Pink Car 37

4 The Mobile Savage 55

5 The Business of Being Rude, Part 1 73

6 The Business of Being Rude, Part 2 103

7 The Underparented Child 115

8 It's Only Free for Telemarketers to Call You Because You Have Yet to Invoice Them 139

9 Modems Without Manners 165

10 It's Nice to be Nice 193

Acknowledgments 211