{"product_id":"pains-on-trains-a-commuters-guide-to-the-50-most-irritating-travel-companions-paperback-softback-9781841125640","title":"Pains on Trains; A Commuter's Guide to the 50 Most Irritating Travel Companions (Paperback \/ softback) 9781841125640","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePains on Trains\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Commuter's Guide to the 50 Most Irritating Travel Companions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Holmes (Author), Matthew Reeves (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781841125640, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 September 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e17.4 x 12.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.198 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"…start ‘pain spotting’ and put the fun back in to commuting…\" (Publishing News, 12 September 2003)  \u003cp\u003e\"…A new book Pains on Trains offers advice on taking it all [irritating commuters] in your stride...\"(Daily Mirror, 24 October 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…hugely funny…\" (Oxford Mail, 31 October 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…Pains on trains is a hugely funny and brilliantly Observed look at the different types of people…\" (Edinburgh Evening News, 1 November 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…hugely funny…\" (Cambridge Evening News, 8 November 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…hysterically accurate…\" (Southern Daily Echo, 8 November 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…brilliantly observed…\" (East Anglian Daily Times, November 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…hysterically accurate…with wonderful descriptions and illustrations…\" (Irish News (Belfast), 1 November 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"....I like to think of myself as fairly curmudgeonly, though I am mild-mannered compared to Andrew Holmes and Matthew Reeves who have produced a book called Pains on Trains...this consists of 50 different types of people who annoy the authors on trains...\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePains on Trains is the perfect way to take the tedium out of commuting, guaranteed to become as indispensable to the seasoned traveller as the blow-up pillow and water sterilising tablets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Pains on Trains, Andrew Holmes and Matthew Reeves set their sights on the scourge of the modern office worker - other office workers who clog up trains, buses, boats and planes with their annoying habits and depressing clothes. Pains on Trains is dedicated to the rush-hour veteran and consists of a 'pain-spotting' guide to the very worst people you meet on your daily commute. Each painful character is illustrated in their usual context and supported by a short narrative.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrial by Commuting 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beggar 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Belligerent 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Born in a Stable 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Broadsheet 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe City Boy 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Clique 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Creative 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deadbeat 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Death Breath 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Double Seater 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Drunk 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Engager 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Enquirer 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Family 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fast Fooder 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Flamboyant Groin 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gadget 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gaggle 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Group 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hero 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe High-flier 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Late Starter 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lovers 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Make Up Artist 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mammoth 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mobile Phoner 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Worker 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Night Clubbers 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nose Picker 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nutter 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Over Your Shoulder 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pervert 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Phantom Farter 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reservist 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ritualist 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sardine Packer 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sleeper 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Climber 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spinster 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Starer 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Stinker 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Stretcher 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Territorialist 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Texter 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Toff 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Train Timer 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Traveller 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Vomiter 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wheeled Caser 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Youth 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 216\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Capstone","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472147378456,"sku":"9781841125640","price":8.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781841125640.jpg?v=1785718857","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pains-on-trains-a-commuters-guide-to-the-50-most-irritating-travel-companions-paperback-softback-9781841125640","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}