New owners make it worse by accosting the uninitiated with a half-hour sales pitch.

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Former CIA chief Robert Gates recalls Rice's accosting a Treasury Department official who tried to undermine her authority.

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First, put your camera down, stop accosting the wait staff and pay attention.

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He's not above accosting strangers: When he noticed on a recent JetBlue flight that his seatmate, a teenager, had a bag of Pirate Booty, Ehrlich grilled him for 40 minutes to determine the young man's tastes and snack preferences.

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He's not above accosting strangers: When he noticed on a recent JetBlue (nasdaq: JBLU - news - people ) flight that his seatmate, a teenager, had a bag of Pirate Booty, Ehrlich grilled him for 40 minutes to determine the young man's tastes and snack preferences.

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