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“What Drives You Nuts” by Peter Dockrill - Coggle Diagram
“What Drives You Nuts” by Peter Dockrill
Interviewed 3600 people across Asia about irritations they encounter
irritated in their daily life
Hong Kong
Parents who loudly put down their children in public, leering men, dirty restrooms
Singapore
People stereotype others by age or race, mobile phones that ring in cinemas, kissing in public.
South Korea
People who chew gum noisily, vending machines that take the money and give nothing in return, soap operas that end right at the most interesting moment.
Indonesia
Traffic jams, dishonesty, and broken promises, the rising price of petrol
China
People who wear pajamas in public, people who have smelly feet but still take off their shoes in public, government officials who abuse their authority.
Taiwan
Elderly people who wear too much makeup, low-waisted trousers, both manmade and natural disasters.
Malaysia
Boasters, people who throw rubbish in the street, incompetent customer service or government employees
Thailand
Drunken, noisy teenagers, stalls that clutter footpaths, pollution from buses, couples who flirt in public.
Phillippines
Know-it-alls, people who walk too slowly, politicians, dirty public toilets. "Why do DVD sellers Come up to you to offer X-rated films on the assumption that you are the type who is interested?" asked one exasperated man in Manila.
20 possible Asia’s Top Irritations
determined by a slide scale, determine if the action is irritating or not
Gender can effect how you complain
"women are more likely to speak up about things that bothers them"Ai Xiao Ming, Director of the Sex-Gender Education Forum at the ZUG
divisions with in generations and age differences
E.g modern technology difficulties for both younger and older generations
Even with the same idea Age/ generations can have different irritations on the same thing
Asians top irritation list (poll)
Top 86%-84%: bad drivers, queue-jumpers, spitting in public
Top 50%-40%: Rude people, automated telephone switchboards, plastic wrapping you can't open
Pet Peeves
Most peeved: Thailand
Least peeved: Singapore
Thoughts
"why do people get irritated?"
The action of groups ot individual can effect the people around them
Positively
Good moral act
Negatively
"people losses their good values"
Respondent: a 32-year-old teacher in Cebu City, Philippines, had a theory. She stated:
"As more and more people do not mind their manners nowadays, the number of irritating things that we will encounter every day will sruely increase.”
Consider the "issue"/ the irritants
Respondent: A 31-year-old from Jakarta
key to dealing with life's irritations are to take a philosophical approach
'If we try to understand the reason behind every deed, we don’t have to be annoyed, do we?
