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Wish you weren't here

Nothing is more annoying than bad houseguests - except for bad hosts

By Beth Teitell
Globe Correspondent / August 14, 2008

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There, she'd said it out loud: the thought so many will only whisper. "I hate being a houseguest." Ann Velenchik, associate professor of economics at Wellesley College, paused for effect. "It's the towels." She scrunched up her face and recalled the time she unwittingly used her host's towel, assuming it had been left in the bathroom for her. "Ewwww." (Full article: 928 words)

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