The top 20 things that make South Africans’ blood boil
It's Stroke Week and we take a look at what annoys South Africans most.
A list of things that annoy South Africans the most has been released in a health survey and traffic jams, queue jumpers and people who think the rules don’t apply to them are just some of the things that make us see red.
More than 1 300 South Africans were asked what annoys them in a study done by Pharma Dynamics.
As part of National Stroke Week, we take a look at what makes our hearts pump faster and makes our blood pressure shoot through the roof.
Mariska van Aswegen, spokesperson of Pharma Dynamic said they commissioned the poll as a way to get South Africans to take their heart-health more seriously.
“With 6.3 million South Africans living with high blood pressure, SA has one of the highest rates of hypertension in the world. Many however remain unaware of their condition because high blood pressure usually has no symptoms. Hypertension is also a precursor and leading cause behind other life-threatening conditions such as stroke and heart disease.”
Here is a list of the top 20 things that make South Africans see red:
1. Taxi drivers
2. Queue jumpers
3. People who think the rules don’t apply to them
4. Bad manners
5. Load shedding
6. Rudeness in general
7. Having to go through lots of automated phone options and then being kept on hold
8. Traffic jams
9. Smoking around children
10. Spitting in public
11. Motorists and/or cyclists who jump red traffic lights
12. Anti-social behaviour e.g. when someone pays more attention to their electronic device(s) than to you
13. Backstabbers
14. Using cellphones while driving
15. People eating loudly and sloppily
16. Petrol price increases
17. Laziness
18. People who swear all the time
19. People who can’t spell or use correct grammar
20. Paying a fee for withdrawing money from an ATM
Have your blood pressure tested for free by the Heart and Stroke Foundation this month to know your heart age. For scheduled screenings in your area, visit www.pharmadynamics.co.za.
For more information about how to prevent or manage hypertension, visit www.ichange4health.co.za or www.facebook.com/iChange4Health.
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