This one does not really need a spoiler alert as there is no plot to divulge.
It was just a fun read for in between all the gruesome stuff I normally read.
Fun to read but basically all this is is a catalogue of examples of how rude other people are and why they feel they can get away with it and how that annoys the author.
Well.... it may be a bit more than that. The book addresses a number of areas and reasons why people seem to think that it is okay to be rude to one another. It brings up a number of things I think we can all agree on are annoying. People not saying please and thank you people. Feeling like you are the one doing all the work when you are the one paying for the service (call centre phone menus!!). I decide what rules apply to my personal space, being ignored by store staff, people talking loudly on their mobile phones and acting like they are the only ones hearing the conversation. People not opening doors for others, people swearing more than is strictly necessary for conversation to carry on smoothly and people feeling they cannot criticise other people's behaviour for fear of being not politically correct or hurting other people's feelings etc. etc.
I chuckled a lot reading her everyday examples of her annoyances with other people's behaviour but in the end was a bit disappointed that that was all it was.
Title: Talk to the Hand
Author: Lynne Truss
210 pages
Profile Books
ISBN nr 1-86197-933-9
Books to be read: 118
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