F You Very Much: Understanding the Culture of Rudeness--and What We Can Do About It

by Danny Wallace

Overview

"Deliciously hilarious. If you care about people and enjoy a good laugh, I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately."
—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals

From the brilliant comedic mind behind the hit movie Yes Man, a hilarious and pitch-perfect look at the rudeness that's all around us — where it comes from, how it affects us, and what we can do about it

You're not just imagining it: People are getting more and more rude - from cutting in line, gabbing on their phones and clipping their nails on public transportation, to hurling epithets on Twitter and in real life (including a certain President who does both). And the worst part is that it's contagious, leading reasonably courteous people to stoop to new lows in order to respond to the ever-coarsening encounters we face every day.

In this engaging and illuminating new book, bestselling author and all-around curious guy Danny Wallace looks at the reasons behind the rudeness, and what we can do to stop it. His quest to stop the madness includes interviews with neuroscientists, psychologists, NASA scientists, politicians, and other experts. He joins a Radical Honesty group, talks to LA drivers about road rage, and confronts his own online troll in a pub—all to better understand the scourge that's turning normal people into bullies, tantruming toddlers, trolls, and other types of everyday monsters.

Want to be part of the solution? Let Danny Wallace be your smart and funny guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143132196
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/06/2018
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	665,729
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Danny Wallace is an award-winning author, filmmaker, comedian, actor, and television and  radio host. His previous books include Yes Man (made into the Jim Carrey movie of the same name), Friends Like These, and Awkward Situations for Men.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Prologue-The Hotdog Incident 1

Chapter 1 The Rudeness Effect 11

Chapter 2 Going Viral 18

Chapter 3 Bad Manors 30

Chapter 4 Lip Service 51

Chapter 5 Rudeness and Power 63

Chapter 6 Rudeness and the Sexes 81

Chapter 7 Rudeness and Outrage 95

Chapter 8 Rude Health 103

Chapter 9 Rudeness and Revenge 117

Chapter 10 The Troll 140

Chapter 11 Rude Rage 156

Chapter 12 Lost in Translation 176

Chapter 13 Juvenile Behaviors 198

Chapter 14 Policing Rudeness 212

Chapter 15 Rude by Nature 229

Chapter 16 Sense and Incivility 240

Chapter 17 The Honesty Clause 254

Chapter 18 Rude to the End 271

Acknowledgments 287

The Wallace Report 289

Notes 295

About the Author 303

Editorial Reviews

"A meaty cry for human decency, wrapped in a deliciously hilarious hot dog bun. I plan to read it again and then force-feed it to my neighbor, my mother, and my college roommate. If you care about people and enjoy a good laugh, I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately."
—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals

"A brilliant book" —Jon Ronson, bestselling author of The Psychopath Test and Men Who Stare at Goats

"A very funny and wise book about the blatant rudeness that surrounds us. Danny Wallace in top form." —Matt Haig, author of Reasons to Stay Alive

"An astute, easily digestible guide to not being a jerk." —Kirkus

“Danny Wallace, author, actor, and comedian, wrote the rudeness manifesto itself.”—VICE.com

"His [Danny Wallace’s] research on the psychology of rudeness can give us key insights as to what's going on right now and what we can do to become more empathetic."—Psychology Today

From the Publisher

2017-11-13
A comic deep dive into the modern culture of rudeness.Humorist Wallace (Who Is Tom Ditto, 2014, etc.) has a quirky sense of humor that is most on-point when he's on a mission, whether it's accidentally starting a cult (Join Me, 2003) or saying yes when he should have said no (Yes Man, 2005). Here, inspired by a spectacular conflict with the proprietor of a hot dog joint, the author takes an amusing but highly relevant look at rudeness, its root causes, and how we can fight back. "We think less, react more, and run and jump to conclusions just so we have one, where once we might have ambled to see what happened along the way," he writes. "We are self-entitled, knee-jerking, know-it-all thunderdicks." Wallace embarks on a broad investigation of societal and cultural forces relating to rudeness, including power, gender, health, and road rage, backing up his discussions with thoughtful conversations with scientists, psychologists, politicians, and others. A particularly funny story early in the book chronicles a university rector who mooned protesting students only to go on to become the inventive, transformative mayor of Bogotá, Colombia. In another powerful moment, Wallace confronts the online troll who sent him an insulting tweet—in person, face to face. He was also forced to confront the fact that one of the most powerful men in the world is an outright bully: "A rude President is like a rudeness bomb: one explosion and the fallout lasts for years." The book ends with an urgent call. "This book, I have to admit, began for a silly reason," writes Wallace. "It could have been a silly book. But more than ever I've come to see that civility is not only important, it's not just the right thing to do. I've come to see that it is vital."An astute, easily digestible guide to not being a jerk.

Kirkus Reviews