The Jerk with the Cell Phone: A Survival Guide for the Rest of Us - Softcover

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Who hasn't overheard a twit on a cell phone, talking loudly about one inanity or another? Or just missed getting sideswiped by someone gabbing on a phone while driving? Or found someone chatting away in the restroom at work? We've all complained enough about the jerks whose cell phones ring during a movie, at concerts, and even in church. Now it's time to take action—and communications and etiquette expert Barbara Pachter offers just what we all need: A Survival Guide for the Rest of Us. Pachter offers the smartest—and funniest—ways to deal with all the jerks out there without becoming one yourself. Included are the world's most unbelievable but true cell phone horror stories, hilarious revenge stories, ways to jerk-proof your own cell phone use, and cartoons highlighting just how brainless we've all become about the technology we love to hate. This very funny and very useful guide will help to channel the rage we all feel toward the jerk on the cell phone—and show the rest of us how to stop the madness and reclaim some peace and quiet.

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Would you believe...

In Louisiana, a local minister interrupts his Sunday sermon to answer his cell phone!

An engagement proposal at a romantic restaurant is interrupted by someone having a loud cell phone conversation at a nearby table!

A dentist spends forty-five minutes on his cell phone planning his next golf outing—while capping a tooth!

At the zoo, a man barely escapes a lion attack after trying to retrieve his cell phone from the animal’s cage!

A woman at a job interview interrupts her prospective employer to answer her cell phone and proceeds yell at her daughter for wanting to get her nose pierced!

At the local YMCA, a man is seen yakking away on his cell phone—with a towel on his head and the water running!

On a bus in Greece, a woman is too busy gabbing on her cell phone to notice that she got off the bus without her baby!

At a five-year-old’s dance recital, an audience member’s musical ring tone goes off so loudly that it confuses the dancers, causing them to stop dancing and break down into tears!

Cell phone jerks are everywhere... What are YOU going to do about it?

About the Author:
BARBARA PACHTER, an author, coach and seminar leader, speaks worldwide on topics including business etiquette and presentation skills. She has conducted over 1,500 skill-building seminars for clients including DaimlerChrysler, Merck & Co., NASA and Pfizer, Inc.

Award-winning writer SUSAN MAGEE is the author of the humorous travel guide UFO USA and coauthor of several other books, including Why Can't You Read My Mind? and, with Barbara Pachter, When the Little Things Count and The Power of Positive Confrontation.

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  • PublisherDa Capo Press
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 1569244049
  • ISBN 13 9781569244043
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages144
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