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December 31st, 2007

Being middle-seated in the back row

Posted by Phil Fersht @ 5:12 am

Categories: Absolutely Meaningless

Tags: Phil Fersht

I got middle-seated again- in the back row - courtesy of Delta Airlines.  Not only that, we sat on the tarmac for 2 hours waiting for the “traffic” to clear (heh?).  So I got thinking about some of the things in life that irritate me…..‘   m

Being middle-seated - in the back row
LinkedIn invitations from people I don’t know, or will ever have the need to know
Being middle-seated - in the back row
Bacardi (ugh)
Victoria Beckham
Basketball…the first 59 minutes
Bowflex infomercials
Being middle-seated - in the back row
People who talk incessantly about themselves
Stale coffee in airports
Hotel room service charges
Bluetooth headsets
Just being middle-seated
Taxis with no A/C
Taxis that smell
Being middle-seated
The term ‘SOA’

People who won’t give Britney a break
Pay-for-play conferences
American airlines coffee
Trying to get anything with Best Buy rewards points
Disney
British tourists at Disney
Americanized Chinese food (you know the place)
People who stick on 16 when the dealer’s packing a high number
Macdonald’s salads (why?)
Boring blogs
That guy on Fox News (work it out…)
Cheap wine
American commentary on world cup football (soccer) matches
That arrogant Brit on American idol
James Patterson novels
Donald Trump’s sweep-over
Johnny Damon
Bad sales repsPeople who pretend to be my friend when they want something
Using snail-mail

Subway
Doing expenses
Steely Dan ‘best of’ albums
Being middle-seated - ESPECIALLY in the back row

 Vb‘  The UK’s most Irritating export?

Phil Fersht is an acknowledged and well-recognized industry analyst and advisor across Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT services worldwide. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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try the atlanta-boston schlap
every flight's overbooked and if you don't have status on Delta, they'll middle you every time... regardless of how early you show up.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: phil_fersht Posted on: 01/01/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Ask for isle seat next time  doug@... | 12/31/07
try the atlanta-boston schlap  phil_fersht | 01/01/08

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