Rudeness Test

Read the following statements and check "yes" or "no" to indicate your responses. If a statement doesn't fit your situation, answer it according to what you would likely do if you were in that situation.

Yes No

1. Are you frequently late for appointments, meetings, or returning telephone calls?
2. Do you frequently promise to do something and then fail to do what you promised?
 3. Do you frequently make disparaging remarks about your fellow employees?
 4. Do you consistently let others pick up the tab?
 5. Do you borrow money, lawn equipment, books, computer materials, or clothing and fail to return it promptly or not return it?
 6. Do you tend to cancel appointments on the day they are scheduled or sometimes fail to cancel them?
 7. Do you often talk during a movie or a presentation?
 8. Do you sometimes butt ahead in line or in a parking place?
 9.Do you usually leave before the clean up?
10.Do you use other's ideas without giving them credit?
 11.Do you sometimes attend office parties or gatherings without bringing your share of the food?
 12.Do you fail to pick up or clean up after yourself?
 13.Do you constantly interrupt others during a conversation?
 14.Do you talk too much or too little at a social gathering?
 15.Do you tend to forget other people's birthdays, anniversaries, or special occasions?
 16.Do you simply hang up if you get a wrong number?
 17.Do you let your dog bark for hours at night?
 18.Do you forget to give other people their messages?
19.Do you often take out your frustrations on others such as clerks, telephone operators, receptionists, etc.
 20.Do you march around the house and make loud noises while others are sleeping?
 21.Do you sometimes call someone on the telephone and then put them on hold to take an incoming call?
22.Do you fix yourself a cup of coffee/tea or eat in front of others without asking if they would like something?
 23. Are you likely to yell at or make rude gestures to someone who cuts in front of you while driving?
 24.Do you not cover you mouth when you have to cough in front of people.

 

Totals:
Yes:
No:  

Rudeness Test interpretation:
If you have no "yes" responses, you are delicate, refined, considerate, caring, polished and polite.
If you have two or three "yes" responses, you are usually delicate, refined and considerate.
If you have four or five "yes" responses you are often lacking in delicacy, refinement and polish.
If you have six or more "yes" responses you are definitely crude, rude, impolite, boorish, uncouth and impudent.

 

Points to consider:
Rudeness is most always an intentional response designed to send a message.
Rudeness typically invites rudeness in return.

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