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'Chavs' Voted Top Intolerance!

03/09/2009

'Chavs' Voted Top Intolerance!

While lactose is at the top of our intolerances, it’s the supposedly uncultured, anti-social, fake designer clothes and baseball cap wearing youths labelled as ‘chavs’ that the nation is most intolerant to, according to our poll of Britain’s annoyances.

Over 60% cited the new breed of youth as the thing that annoys them the most in Lactofree’s Annual Intolerance Survey. 79% of those 3,000 polled admitted that it’s simply the little things in life, such as ‘chavs’, that wind them up easily – to the point where 65% of us are driven to distraction.

And it’s not just that particular group of people whom we proud Brits find annoying, but certain celebrities are also pushing the boundaries of our tolerance levels. Nearly 40% cited the ‘nations obsession with z-list celebrities’ as something they find ‘very annoying’ followed closely by the obsession with the Katie Price and Peter Andre split saga (38%) alongside coverage of Michael Jackson’s death (28%)

Bad manners and poor personal hygiene also featured highly on the list. Over half the nation (52%) expressed annoyance for those who smell, 50% for those who eat with their mouths open, 49% for those who cough and do not cover their mouths and 44% chiding those who are noisy eaters.

Surprisingly, MP expenses and the recession came low on the list of the nation’s top annoyances with only a third of the nation finding the recent economic revelations a strain on their reserve. Even bankers have escaped the fate, with only 13% of the UK finding them to be irritating.

Samantha Glassford, Lactofree’s Brand Manager said: ‘‘This survey shows how intolerant we are as a nation, and how even the smallest of things annoy us – especially when, for many, their annoyances are driving them distraction. This year the poll has shown how especially irritated we are by other people and their bad habits and how surprisingly low a nationwide burden such as the recession came in the annoyance list.”

‘‘For many of us, there really isn’t a cure for these everyday intolerances, yet when it comes to those food intolerances, there can be a solution. Lactofree, for example, will help those with lactose intolerance enjoy dairy again without any of the symptoms such as bloating, flatulence and feeling sluggish, so that’s one intolerance that can be dealt with!”

Top 100 most annoying things:

1. Chavs
2. People driving close behind you
3. People who smell
4. People who eat with their mouth open
5. Rude shop assistants
6. Foreign call centres
7. Stepping in dog poo
8. People who cough and do not cover their mouths
9. Slow internet connections
10. Poor customer service
11. Dog owners that don’t clean up after their dog
12. Noisy Eaters
13. Cold-callers
14. Door-to-door salesman
15. Stubbing your toe
16. Bullying
17. Computer crashing losing work you’ve spent three hours doing
18. People who talk loudly on their mobile phones
19. Spam e-mail
20. The nation’s obsession with Z-list celebrities
21. Leaving a tissue in a pocket and putting it in a washing machine
22. Driving slow in the fast lane
23. Adverts in-between programmes
24. Toilets you have to pay for
25. The nation’s obsession with the Katie & Peter split saga
26. People reading over your shoulder
27. People that park in disabled bays when they’re not disabled
28. Brownnosers
29. People who complain about their weight yet make no effort to exercise or eat properly
30. People jumping the queue at the bar
31. Junk mail
32. Tailgaters
33. Big Brother
34. Muggers
35. MP expenses
36. Stepping in chewing gum
37. Pricey train fares
38. People who walk painfully slowly on the street
39. Noisy neighbours
40. People who sniff and don’t use a tissue
41. Sweating
42. Binge drinking culture
43. Feeling bloated
44. The ‘recession’
45. Delays at the airport
46. Automated phone systems
47. Smoking
48. Road rage
49. People that have their mobile turned off when you really need to get in contact with them
50. Running out of toilet roll
51. Coverage of Michael Jackson’s death
52. Reality TV
53. Flies
54. Finding a flat tyre
55. Parking costs
56. Bossiness
57. Rubbish opening times to doctors, dentists
58. When your washing machine breaks down
59. Politicians
60. Paper cuts
61. Buses not arriving on time
62. Singers who mime
63. People who can’t park properly
64. Over packaged kids toys
65. Diarrhoea
66. Constipation
67. Text message speak
68. Bad hair days
69. Getting something in your eye
70. The hot water running out when you’re running a bath
71. People who drive in the middle lane of motorways
72. People who mumble
73. Slow traffic lights
74. Cashiers giving you your change on top of a receipt
75. Cramp
76. Reading about Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston saga
77. Unpredictable weather
78. Cars blocking pedestrian crossings
79. Adult acne
80. People who are not polite in e-mails
81. Yo-yo dieting celebs
82. Trying to find the end of the selotape or toilet roll
83. Pimped up cars
84. Traffic wardens
85. Losing your passport
86. Running out of petrol
87. Burning your toast
88. Sunburn
89. iPhone obsessives
90. Celebrity fitness DVD’s
91. People addicted to watching soaps
92. Breaking a nail
93. Bankers
94. PDA (public displays of affection)
95. Underperformance
96. Someone altering your seat height at work
97. People who don’t remove their shoes in the house
98. Children at weddings
99. Hot weather when you’re not on holiday
100. Sports commentary

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