There's No I in Office: 4293 Meaningless Phrases to Keep Your Coworkers Smiling While Avoiding Actual Conversation
by Jacob Lentz, Paul Koehorst
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Author: Jacob Lentz, Paul KoehorstEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-01
ISBN: 1569757011
Number of pages: 377
Publisher: Ulysses Press
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Summary: 4 Stars
For anyone who has ever spent even one day toiling in a typical corporate America setting, the meaningless phrases that are contained in this clever little book are used ad-nauseum by employees who are not even trying to be witty; they simply don't know any better way to interact with their fellow drones. Real conversation doesn't really exist; platitudes reign supreme; the more mundane, the better.
For the vast majority of these babbling "talking heads", this is perfectly normal dialogue; not a blatant attempt to be irreverent or silly, which the authors of this book are able to execute with remarkable aplomb. I'm pretty sure I've heard just about every one of the 4293 meaningless phrases these guys have concocted in my 26-year career with one of corporate America's humorless bureaucracies. Chances are, you've heard it all before, as well; and chances are, you wish these people would just shut up for a change; but of course, they don't.
This book is a clever parody of what goes on, every day, in any typical office environment; things aren't likely to change any time soon, so having fun with it is probably the best way to keep your sanity; that's not such a bad deal.
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