• Question: Why are people annoying?

    Asked by lasagnegirl12 to Sarah, Ian, Helen on 21 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Because we are all different! when people are different to us they are interesting but can also be annoying as they don’t meet our expectations. If we were all exactly the same though it would be really boring so on-balance I think we have to put up with people being annoying sometimes

    • Photo: Sarah Cook

      Sarah Cook answered on 19 Jun 2011:

      It could just be the personality of the annoying person or perhaps a low tolerance of others when labelling someone as annoying.
      In babies, those that scream and cry lots ensure they get attention/fed and hence they survive. So it could be something that we’ve all evolved to be – only some more than others!

    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Annoying people on purpose can be fun. Annoying people by accident is unfortunate.

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