Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area: Driven Crazy By The Modern World?

Author: Chris Martin

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  • : $7.99 NZD
  • : 9781843179443
  • : Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
  • : Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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  • : October 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 20.0
  • : November 2012
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Description

'If you point my smart phone at the sky, its star-gazing app can supposedly identify and name planets outside of our galaxy. Extraordinary - but even more extraordinary is that it can't actually make telephone calls. Trying to get a signal on it is like searching for the Yeti - some people believe it exists but you would probably have to trek to the Himalayas to find it'. "Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area" is a hilarious call-to-arms for everyone infuriated by 21st Century technology. Gadgets that are supposed to make life easier have just made it more complicated and annoying. If you have found yourself shouting at a recorded voice on the phone, been driven crazy by the illogical pricing of train tickets or found yourself drowning in a sea of half-remembered passwords, then this is the book for you.

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Does modern life drive you crazy?

Reviews

One hundred sympathetic entries for those bamboozled by the complications of contemporary life The Bookseller

Author description

Chris Martin's previous books include Has Britain Gone Bonkers?, The Gentleman's Guide to Beard and Moustache Management, Celebrity Tattoos, Golf Miscellany and WW2 Book of Lists.