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There are many horrors associated with flying economy, especially long-haul. The lack of space, the food, the queues. But surely the worst is the proximity to strangers. To endure 12 hours sitting mere inches away from a garrulous airhead, a weepy drunk, a mewling and puking infant. The nightmare of one of those middle seats is having unknown people on either side.
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© 2012 Adrian Furnham
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Furnham, A. (2012). Off duty. In: The Engaging Manager. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137273871_35
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