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Today, for the first time, I got middle-seated – in the back row – courtesy of <\/span><\/em>Delta Airlines<\/span><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Not only that, we sat on the tarmac in Atlanta for 2 hours waiting for the “traffic” to clear (heh?).\u00a0 So I got thinking about some of the things in life that irritate me…..<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Being middle-seated – in the back row
\nLinkedIn invitations from people I don’t know, or will ever have the need to know
\nBeing middle-seated – in the back row
\nBacardi (ugh)
\nVictoria Beckham
\nBasketball…the first 59 minutes
\nBowflex infomercials
\nBeing middle-seated – in the back row
\nPeople who talk incessantly about themselves
\nStale coffee in airports
\nHotel room service charges
\nBluetooth headsets
\nJust being middle-seated
\nTaxis with no A\/C
\nTaxis that smell
\nBeing middle-seated
\nThe term ‘RPO’
\nPay-for-play conferences
\nAmerican airlines coffee
\nTrying to get anything with Best Buy rewards points
\nDisney
\nBritish tourists at Disney
\nAmericanized Chinese food (you know the place)
\nPeople who stick on 16 when the dealer’s packing a high number
\nMacdonald’s salads (why?)
\nBoring blogs
\nThat guy on Fox News (work it out…)
\nCheap wine
\nAmerican commentary on world cup football (soccer) matches
\nThat arrogant Brit on American idol
\nJames Patterson novels
\nDonald Trump’s sweep-over
\nJohnny Damon
\nBad sales reps<\/span><\/p>\n

People who pretend to be my friend when they want something
\nUsing snail-mail<\/span><\/p>\n

Subway
\nDoing expenses
\nSteely Dan ‘best of’ albums
\nBeing middle-seated – ESPECIALLY in the back row <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Vb\"<\/p>\n

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The UK’s most Irritating export?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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