Queue jumpers, benefit scroungers, traffic jams and petrol prices have emerged among a list of the 50 things which make us angry, a new study has revealed. Researchers polled 2,000 Brits to reveal the most likely rage-inducing things, with people pushing in front of us in queues coming top.
Rudeness, people who don’t listen, spitting in public and having to go through lots of automated options or being kept on hold were also among the top five.
Other ‘rage triggers’ to feature in the poll included having to pay a few to withdraw your own money from a cash point, middle lane drivers and The Jeremy Kyle Show.
A spokesman for The Wolverine, which commissioned the poll to mark the Blu-ray and digital release of the film, said:
”Everyone has moments where they get into a bit of a rage, but the majority of the time, it’s over something fairly trivial, as this list shows.
”Everything from taxes to middle lane drivers and even reality TV stars leave us fuming.
”Being British, it’s quite funny to see that queue jumpers are most likely to cause us to lose our rag.
”But while it might seem like an unimportant thing to get angry about, if you are busy or in a hurry, having someone force their way in front of you can easily leave you raging.
”If you are tired, stressed or simply at the end of your tether, it won’t take much to make you boil over and those little things that often just annoy you can spark a rage instead.”
Benefit scroungers came sixth in the poll, followed by people believing rules don’t apply to them and those who use their mobile phone while driving.
Not getting a ‘please’ or ‘thank-you’ and backstabbers completed the top ten.
Money is behind several of the things that make us angry with the high petrol prices, having to pay a fee to withdraw cash and even having to part with our hard-earned dosh to ‘spend a penny’ in some train stations all on the list.
Seeing a large chunk of our wages go to the Taxman and the bedroom tax are other financial-related things that get us raging.
The annoying phrase of ‘unidentified item in bagging area’ while using a self-service checkout cause many to see red, as well as old ladies who have all week to shop, but choose to go on a Saturday morning.
Travel issues also lead to angry Brits with traffic jams, middle lane drivers and people who speed through housing estates all in the top 50.
Drivers who fail to stop at a zebra crossing also leave us fuming.
And to fuel the driver/bike row, cyclists who jump red lights and even just having bike riders and motorcyclists on the road also made it onto the list.
But those who use public transport added their own thoughts to the list with train cancellations, people who put bags on the seats and missing a train.
The study also found that even celebrities and television shows leave Brits in a fit of rage with reality stars Helen Flanagan, Kim Kardashian and Joey Essex all among the top 50.
And Joey’s show The Only Way is Essex along with The Jeremy Kyle Show all make the nation angry.
Other rage triggers include laziness, lateness, people who swear or smoke and even those who can’t spell or use the right grammar.
Being outbid on eBay, dropping a biscuit into tea or coffee and washing an item of clothing without realising there is a tissue in the pocket are also on the list.
It also emerged that 55% of Brits admit they are an angry person, with 48% admit others would probably say they have a bit of a temper.
The average adult gets an attack of rage four times a week, with our partners, strangers in the street and call center workers most likely to be on the receiving end of it.
TOP 50 THINGS THAT MAKE US ANGRY
1. People pushing into a queue
2. Rudeness in general
3. People not listening to you
4. People who spit in public
5. Having to choose from lots of options and being kept on hold
6. Benefit Scroungers
7. People thinking rules don’t apply to them
8. People who use their mobile while driving
9. Someone who doesn’t say please/thank you
10. Backstabbers
11. Traffic jams
12. Paying to withdraw cash
13. Lazy people
14. Lateness
15. Drivers speeding through a town centre/housing estate
16. Petrol prices
17. Splashing your favorite clothes with bleach
18. People eating loudly/sloppily
19. Hearing ‘unidentified item in bagging area when using a self service checkout
20. Drilling at 8am on a Saturday
21. Middle lane drivers
22. Shallowness/ignorance
23. Drivers who don’t stop at zebra crossings
24. People who take up two seats on a train
25. People slagging others off behind their back
26. Having to ask a child to do something ten times
27. Smokers
28. Having to pay to use the toilet in train stations
29. Cyclists who jump red lights
30. Washing clothes with a tissue in the pocket
31. Trains being cancelled
32. The Jeremy Kyle show
33. People who use ‘cool/slang’ words such as ‘Amazeballs’ and ‘Well jel’
34. People who don’t know the difference between ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’
35. People who swear
36. The Only Way is Essex
37. The bedroom tax
38. Paying tax
39. Missing your train
40. People who can’t spell
41. Old people ‘tutting’ at children
42. Kim Kardashian
43. Helen Flanagan
44. People who criticize working mums
45. Annoying/novelty ring tones
46. Cyclists/motorcyclists on the road
47. Joey Essex
48. Old ladies shopping on a busy Saturday morning when they have all week to go
49. Being outbid on eBay
50. Dropping a biscuit in a cup of tea
