"Do you know what's really annoying?" Laura Lee does. The former improvisational comic and mime is the world's only expert on things that Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Miff, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quash, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Upset, Vex, Worry and X, Y, Z YOU! She wrote the book on it.
 

Much more than a catalog of complaints, the Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravations is an informative source that offers scientific explanations of the provocations that make for maddening moments, complete with causes, remedies and histories. Deadpan cross-sections, diagrams and technical drawings reveal such things as how dandruff grows, how beer goes flat, how zippers get stuck, and the thought process of someone who finishes your sentences.
 

In a high-stress world filled with annoying people, places, and things, it's inevitable to run into situations that gall, ruffle, torment, and rankle even the coolest customer. Now riled readers can find solace and plenty of laughs in the thoroughly researched Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation. Subjects include:
 

· What did I Come in Here For?

· Brain Freeze from Ice Cream

· Toast Always Lands Butter Side Down

· Fingernails on a Blackboard

· VCRS Flashing 12:00... 12:00

· Slow Drivers in the Fast Lane

· Internet Flame Wars

· Inefficient Sidewalk Pass, aka The Sidewalk Dance

· Movie Trailers That Give The Whole Plot Away

· Telemarketers
 

Laura Lee has done hundreds of radio and TV interviews, both as an interviewer and interviewee. A former morning show host and member of the Vorpmi improvisational comedy troupe, she is an entertaining and relaxed speaker who enjoys the spontaneity of live broadcasts. (She is annoyed that she could not figure out how to format this paragraph so that it would be indented like the ones at the top)
 

Contact Laura Lee, lauralee@speechwriting.com.