1.   As I was in the middle of haranguing the hapless soul who answered the phone, Dave the Dispatcher called.

2.   Hapless souls who fled bond funds in the panic last year may have missed their big chance.

3.   In the best kitchens, perfection is the standard, and those hapless souls whose work is not quite up to snuff can expect invective rather than understanding.

4.   People rudely shout into them in restaurants, on sidewalks and in buses, shattering the privacy and thoughts of hapless souls nearby.

5.   Two or three hapless souls had reverted to cave manners, forks in fists.