It’s impossible to write about rudeness without also talking about it. I’m indebted to my friend, the writer Marc Haynes, for being a sounding board, discussions partner, and for his help with extra research on some of the topics in this book. Also, as always, to my brilliant editor Jake Lingwood and agent Robert Kirby. Greta, Elliot, Clover and the Bump – thank you so much for listening to me talk so much about hotdogs. Thanks to Howard Watson and Laura Horsley. Wag and Sara Marshall-Page – who would have thought it?! Thank you, Phil Hilton.
And thank you in particular to Amir Erez, Christine Porath, Robert M. Sapolsky, Nate Fast, Jack Katz, Aaron James, Sheyna Gifford, Mike Murphy, Adam Bear, Robin Dunbar, Antanas Mockus, Rodrigo Sandoval, Ni Tao, Wang Tao, Paul Ford, Trevor Foulk, Jack Marshall, Sven Mørch, Darren Dahl, Matthew Scott, Richard Nisbett, Kieran Snyder, Paul Piff, Lauren Emberson and Brad Blanton – all of whom were happy to talk with me about their fascinating work, and only one of whom was rude about it.