Came across this funny but true article on Inc.com that I wanted to share with everyone and make sure you either aren’t or stop being a jerk! LOL! Enjoy!
If you identify the jerks quickly, you won’t waste your time trying to work with them.
In today’s hectic world, you must decide quickly whether you want to mingle, work with or interact with somebody. Unless you enjoy being miserable, it’s useful to spot the jerks quickly, before you commit. Here are the seven “red flag” behaviors:
1. Badmouthing
Only a jerk–and an insecure jerk, at that–would attempt to make himself (or herself) look better by disparaging others.
2. Littering
Anybody who throws something on the ground and expects somebody else to bend down and pick it up is automatically a jerk.
3. Rudeness
Curtness to underlings and anyone else who “doesn’t matter” is always a sign of deep-seated jerkitude.
4. Undertipping
In the U.S., waiters and waitresses make $2.13 an hour. Any customer who doesn’t tip at least 15 percent (regardless of service) lacks either a heart or a brain. Either way… jerk!
5. Ostentation
Jerks think showy watches, fancy cars, and expensive office furniture set them above the hoi-polloi. In fact, pricey accoutrements simply scream “jerk!”
6. Profanity
The occasional expletive is forgivable but repeated use of the F-bomb reveals anger at the world and fundamental disrespect to everyone listening.
7. Aggressive driving
People who risk other people’s lives simply to shave a few seconds off their own schedule are inconsiderate jerks. And dangerous ones, at that.
