A big thing happened recently. Let's have a look。A new research found that the Internet has increased people's service demands and is eroding the classic British trait of patience as more than half admitted they lose their temper quicker than ever before。

People have become so used to the speed and convenience of the internet that more than seven in 10 get angry if forced to wait longer than one minute for a web page to download。

Being kept on hold made Brits see red more than anything else, with the average person reaching their impatience threshold after five minutes and four seconds。

In today's fast food culture, restaurant rage kicks in after only eight minutes, 38 seconds, when the average diner will start to wonder whether the meal they have ordered will ever arrive。

People running late to meet a friend should not leave it any longer than 10 minutes, one second if they do not want to face their wrath。

Mark Schmid, of telecom giant TalkTalk, which commissioned the research, said: The speed of the online world is making us less prepared to wait for things to happen in the offline world。