Abstract
The paper looks at four types of annoying workers in the office and six types of power and shows how individuals translate their bases of power into specific action that is called politics. The paper discusses different types of empowerment and how those who engage in harassment in the workplace are typically abusing their power position. The paper explains that politics is almost inevitable in a workplace due to members holding different goals and interests, the scarcity of organizational resources and unclear and subjective performance outcomes. The paper concludes by describing several ways in which people can help to minimize office politics.

From the Paper
"I think the most important aspect of power is that it is a function of dependency. Dependency is basically the more that B depends on A, the more power A has in the relationship. Dependence is based on the alternatives that B perceives and the important that B places on the alternatives that A controls (Langton and Robbins, 2006, p.281). An example of this would be if you are attending university on funds totally supplied by your parents, you should recognize the power that your parents hold over you. You are dependent on them for financial support. But when you are done school, have a job, and making a living, your parents' power is drastically reduced. Another example of this seems to be the rich relative who is able to control family members by the threat of removing them from the will."

Tags:empowerment, harassment, influence, power

Abstract
The paper explores the idea of relationship marketing and examines how well it is actually working. The paper paints a picture of the strained and stressful relationships consumers have with companies, although companies still believe they are meeting customer needs. The paper goes on to illustrate how companies are overlooking the basic fundamentals of building a relationship, and are annoying customers with their quest for customers' personal information, their over-abundance of advertisements in the mail and their enormous variety of products. In short, the paper clearly portrays the unhappiness and discontent of customers in their relationships with companies.

From the Paper
"With a struggling stock market and flagging sales, many companies have had to shut their doors. Companies that want to stay afloat must make changes, and they must make sure that the people who they serve are getting their needs met. It is not just the retailers that influence them, however, because the culture and especially the media also have a lot to do with what people purchase and why they choose to do so.
"Consumer psychology has been linked to the marketing performance of companies for some time now, ever since businesses figured out that they had to pay attention to the way consumers think before they could actually develop a campaign that would result in the purchasing of their products. Studying consumers has therefore become very important as more and more competitors enter the market and begin to take some of the consumer attention away from other businesses (Doney & Cannon, 1997)."

Tags:customer, satisfaction, mail, advertisements, rewards, loyalty, programs

Abstract
The paper notices a contradiction in the letter; in a call for equality, the writer wants difference ignored. The paper explains the writer's opinion that we should ignore such labels as disabled, senior, white, male, or member of a visible minority, yet, the writer begins with a description of himself as a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, heterosexual male. The paper argues that the two terms 'white' and 'heterosexual' are revealing because they separate him from the 'others', and this is dangerous thinking. The paper then asserts that as the letter continues, women, seniors, males, and members of many cultural groups are all seen as uniform groups with specific and annoying traits. Further, the paper points out that the writer believes that members of minority groups should be treated fairly in institutions such as courts and hospitals.

From the Paper
"I notice a contradiction in the letter. In a call for equality, the writer wants difference ignored. We should ignore such labels as disabled, senior, white, male, or member of a visible minority. Yet, the writer begins with a description of himself as a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, heterosexual male. The two terms `white' and 'heterosexual' are revealing because they separate him from the `others'. This is dangerous thinking. As the letter continues, women, seniors, males, and members of many cultural groups are all seen as uniform groups with specific and annoying..."

Tags:health, racism, privilege

Abstract
This paper introduces the topic of cell phone use while driving and, specifically, discusses the increased use of cell phones in the United States and the dangers of driving while talking on one. It shows how, although using cell phones in public can be annoying and downright rude, driving while talking on a cell phone can be deadly and how driver inattention is one of the main causes of accidents on the road today.

From the Paper
"The Utah psychologists had conducted earlier studies which showed that drivers missed traffic signals while they were talking on the phone, whether the phone was hands-free or not. They also discovered that other types of driver distraction were not nearly as dangerous as the use of cell phones. "The earlier study also found there was no impairment of drivers who either conversed with a passenger or who listened to the radio or to books on tape" (Blind). Drivers will always be distracted, but anything that can be done to keep drivers from becoming overly distracted is not only important, but also imperative."

Tags:inattention, distraction, hands-free, headset, ban

Abstract
This paper discusses the television program "Curb your Enthusiasm", which is a satirical comedy focusing on the life of the writer, Larry David. The paper describes Larry as successful, but also enormously annoying and unlovable.

From the Paper
"Existentialism and Curb Your Enthusiasm The television program Curb your Enthusiasm is a satirical comedy focusing on the life of a writer, Larry David. Larry is successful, but he is also enormously annoying and unlovable. Regardless of his lack of personal charms, he is portrayed as having a wonderful life, in which he seldom puts in a full day of work, and instead drifts from social engagement to social engagement. Like the characters in the television show that made Larry famous, i.e. Seinfeld, Larry seems to lack any serious purpose in life, and takes his extreme good fortune entirely for granted."

Tags:larry, david, satire

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The author of this paper argues from a personal perspective that telemarketers harass people through being persistent, ignoring peoples' requests for being left alone, targeting the calling times to when people are eating dinner, being deceptive and just being plain annoying -all in order to boost sales. The paper touches on privacy legislation and gives examples of companies which do not honor these laws.

From the Paper
"The government's solution to the telemarketing problem is to try to regulate telemarketing. They believe that the customer should call and request to be placed on a national do not call list, and that the companies should check these lists every ninety days to see if anyone they are calling is on these lists. The problem lies in the fact that the company in charge of maintaining this list, AT&T, is the one company who has the most complaints made against it for not abiding by consumers' wishes to not be called."

Tags:1991, act, consumer, harassment, problem, protection, social, tcpa, telemarketing, telephone

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This paper begins by briefly tracing the history of alcohol and alcohol consumption and then looks at its transformation from a mildly annoying social phenomenon to a potentially hazardous and deadly phenomenon when combined with the automobile. The paper looks at the effects significant alcohol consumption can have on a driver's performance, the warning signs of drunk drivers, who is most likely to drive while drunk, and who is most likely to die as the result of a drunk driver.

From the Paper
"Alcohol is a legal drug, one of society's oldest and most popular behavioral modifiers. (NEFA) While teetotalers and social reformers of the last 200 years have done much to alienate people from alcohol and to cast it as a terrible social ill, they have often only succeeded in bastardizing its consumption without really making a dent in its wide acceptance. Alcohol and humankind have a long history together that is hardly going to be erased by a few laws, or a handful of sermons. Alcohol is found in the most primitive and the most advanced of cultures known to man. According to most ancient mythologies, it was a gift from the divine. Egyptian mythology says that Isis and Osiris taught the people how to make beer. Greek mythology speaks of the great gods of intoxication, such as Dionysus and Pan. In many cultures it has served as a way of purifying water, a natural painkiller and anesthetic, and a socially bonding experience for celebration. In our modern culture, however, it has taken on a far darker role."

Tags:crash, safe, driver, judgement, vision, reaction, drinker, intoxication, impairment, mothers, against, drunk, drivers

Abstract
This paper explains that SPAM, originally the name of a disgusting canned substance, is annoying junk email or mass, unsolicited commercial email; the use of the term as repetitive junk comes from a Monty Python skit. The author relates that the first SPAM was originated when two lawyers named Canter and Siegel hired a programmer to write a program script that would post the lawyers' advertisement to thousands of newsgroups on "USENET", which at the time was the world's largest online conferencing center. The paper contends that SPAM is the absolute worst way to get a message across because these junk emails are never read, only deleted yet they cost society millions, if not billions, of dollars and are very difficulty to control through software and legislate.

From the Paper
"Aside from being annoying, Spam is costing people big bucks. Saul Hansell of the New York Times explains how in the year 2000, Indiana University spent approximately 1.2 million dollars on a new network of nine computers, with their sole purpose being to process email for over 115,000 students and faculty members across the state. This network was believed to be sufficient until 2004, but with the exponential increase in Spam email, the school had to upgrade their system in 2001, at a cost of 300,000 dollars. The cost to universities is chump change compared to what it is estimated to be costing the United States."

Tags:laws, costs, repetitivve, junk, usenet

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Today, with every television news station, radio station, police department, traffic reporter, life-flight rescue and emergency units circling above, helicopter roter sounds have become an annoyance to the public. The paper shows that this has led to an increase in local restrictions and tighter certification standards, forcing manufacturers to seek new technology for sound abatement. The paper discusses the three noise categories and modern noise reduction technologies.

From the Paper
"Helicopter noise reduction has become so important to rotorcraft manufacturers that competition has ignited advertising campaign wars with each claiming one or more of their models to be the quietest in the industry (Kernstock 1999). he competition is so great in many cases that many helicopters are "within a tenth of a decibel of each other far below human hearing thresholds" (Kernstock 1999). This advent of low-noise technology has created two classifications of rotorcraft, the new quiet crafts that meet new regulations and the older noisy ones that continue to operate under grand-fathering clauses yet may be prevented from being introduced into new markets (Kernstock 1999). Moreover, as anti-noise regulations increase, the older grand-fathered craft could eventually become prohibited in many areas, causing serious consequences for many operators who cannot afford the newer models (Kernstock 1999)."

Tags:ICAO, FAA, AFCS, Eurocopter

Abstract
This paper looks at the problems caused by large volumes of unwanted email on the internet. It discusses the economic ramifications and legal issues involved. Federal Trade Commission recommendations are examined and seen as a serious annoyance to internet users.

From the Paper
"re you sick and tired of junk e-mail filling your inbox and wasting your time? Do you want to do something about it? The boundless, dreadful Spam monster must be stopped, and you can help. This is how a typical day starts for me. While sipping the morning coffee in front of my PC at home or work, I get an uneasy feeling that I am only a mouse click away to viewing something I do not want to see. My password is entered and there they are, four advertising e-mails trying to sell a product, service, or a promise to make me rich. The junk e-mail is called UCE (Unsolicited Commercial E-mail); a.k.a. "Spam", but has nothing to do with the luncheon meat product we all love or hate."

Tags:bulk, chain, FTC, ISP, letters, mail, marketing, scam, time, trade, unsolicited, wasted