Do you ever absolutely lose it on someone? Like you cannot contain your anger? But then quickly remember, gosh I should have really been a lot nicer?

The podcast, Hidden Brain recently covered politeness, and a study testing the relationship between speech rate and being polite. Apparently, we are generally slow and steady when being polite, even taking deliberate breaths. On the other hand, when we are losing it, we are hot, steamy and in a big hurry. 

Researchers ran four studies where participants listened to slow versus fast speech in an unfamiliar language. This meant they had to really think about speaking politely or casually, then record a message various times with different politeness instructions. 

Slower speech was thought to be more polite, in all circumstances. The study found the slower people spoke the more polite they were perceived to be.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have to force myself to stay calm and slow down when actual robots (A.I.) or seemingly fake (real human) voices pick up, and they’re overly friendly.  

A couple of years ago, I found a less expensive cell phone company, an offshoot of Verizon, for $15 per month, instead of the absurd $100 I was paying. But I bought my phone through the old cell phone company and there had been a repair done on it so the company refused to let me out of my contract! Wuttttt? 

It took way too many of those slow, polite conversations to peel myself away from that company. So much so that the slow burn, became a raging inferno. I finally got someone to understand the situation, and I got out of the contract, which I should not have been in because I was keeping the phone and it was paid for! 

Make it make sense!