Question

While waiting to pay for his weekly groceries at the supermarket, Paul had to wait about 20 minutes in a long line at the checkout because only one cashier was on duty. When he was finally ready to pay, his debit card was declined because he did not have enough money left in his checking account. Because he had left his credit cards at home, he had to place the groceries back into the cart and head home to retrieve a credit card. While driving back to his home, traffic was backed up two miles due to an accident. These events that Paul had to endure are best characterized as ________.

chronic stressors
acute stressors
daily hassles
readjustment occurrences

Answer 1

Daily Hassles

Step-by-step explanation:

An annoyance is an unpleasant state, characterized by a situation that presents irritation and leads the individual to reach high degrees of frustration, sadness and anger. A daily annoyance fits into this context, but it refers to a situation that presents a small problem related to an everyday and superfull situation, such as leaving home and forgetting the keys, or in the case exposed, forgetting credit cards and have to face intense traffic.