《忍受生活中的小烦恼：忍无可忍后发生的真实故事》

《忍受生活中的小烦恼：忍无可忍后发生的真实故事》
LIFE’S LITTLE ANNOYANCES: True Tales of People who Just Can’t take it anymore
图书类型：非小说浏览次数：410
作者：Ian Urbina
出版社：Times Books
代理公司：Fletcher/ANA/Claire Qiao
页数：191页
出版时间：2005年11月
代理地区：中国大陆、台湾
审读资料：电子稿
联系人：Rights

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忍受生活中令人恼怒的事情，终于到了爆发，这种情况下会发生什么有趣的事情呢？记者伊恩·乌尔维纳（Ian Urbina）将这些事情一一记录下来，并揭示了一些巧妙的方法用以小小地报复这些讨人厌的家伙：电话营销人员、公共场合大声打手机的人、发垃圾邮件发送的人等等，而且这些报复往往多举并行，多管齐下。

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LIFE’S LITTLE ANNOYANCES

INTRODUCTION xi

CHAPTER I. WEAPONS OF THE WEAK
Who Turned This Thing On, Anyway? 4
Honk If You Hate This Store 6
A Dog Owner's Ultimate Crime 7
When Pledge Drives Get in the Way 9
Breaking into Fort Knox Is Easier 11
Honku 12
A Gentle Way to Tell Someone to Get Lost 15
When Flying Becomes a Test of Wills and Wits 18

CHAPTER 2. SERVICE WITH A SNARL 23
"No, Seriously, I'm Just Browsing, Thanks" 26
A Medium Coffee, Hold the Lingo 28
Delocator 31
Confusing the Supermarket Spies 33
Breaking Their Script 36
Cheating the Express Aisle 40
Truth or Dare in Credit Card Signatures 41
Road Rage in the Supermarket Aisle 44
The Cashier's Spelling Bee 45

CHAPTER 3. OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS 47
Using Instant Messenger for Sabotage 50
The Art of Demotivation 52
The Job Application Letter 54
The Cell Phone Prison 57
The Rejection Rejection Letter 58
Bone Appetit 60Putting Directory Assistance in Slow Motion 98
Treat Me Like I'm Crazy and I'II Act Like It 100
Why Should They Be the Only Ones Recording
Our Conversations? 102

CHAPTER 6. VEHICULAR MISANTHROPY 105
Guerrilla Warfare in the Parking Lot 108
Since Slamming on the Brakes Is Not an Option 111
The Parking Meter Fairies 114
Stuttering at Stop Signs 117
When Bumpers Become Pulpits 119
Make Yourself the Delivery 121

CHAPTER 7. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 123
Urgent and Confidential 126
Putting Spammers on the Receiving End 131
Mad Libs as Revenge Tool 133
The Beauty of Wrong Turns on the
Information Superhighway 135
The Invisible Hand 137
When Common Sense Stops at the Wrist 139
The Legal Implications of Just Saying "Hi" 143
Return to Sender 146

CHAPTER 8. BILLS, BANKS, AND BILE 149
Unbalancing the Books 152
Like Kryptonite for Bank Checks 154
Making the Late-Payment Notice Work for You 156
Giving His Two Cents and Getting Something Back 157
When Frustration Becomes a Class Project 160
No Comment 162
The Little Jab That Woke Up a Goliath 163

CHAPTER 9. TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY 167
Regifting as Tactic and Annoyance 170
Forgetting to Turn Off the Alarm Clock 172
The Reminder Call 174
Reversing the Language Snobbery 176
Love Thy Neighbor, When He Is Quiet 177
Pay Now or Pay Later 180
Car Horns That Double as Doorbells 182
Jehovah's Witness, Meet Hari Krishna 183
Crashing the Party 185

EPILOGUE 187
A NOTE TO THE READER 189
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 191

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“令人惊叹的趣味盎然！”----《今日美国》

“充满幽默感的、关于平凡人的真实故事，它调动大家的创造力，来应对那些讨厌的人、政策或者做法。”

----《华盛顿邮报》

“一本关于消极抵抗性回应的大全。”----《环球邮报》 (多伦多)

“一个充满想法的金矿……它帮助我们在自己心里悄悄‘报复’一下那些恼人的人或事。”

----《南佛罗里达哨兵报》

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