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F in Exams : the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers (11 Edition)
F in Exams : the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers (11 Edition)
by Richard Benson
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F stands for funny in this perfect gift for students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test and needs a good laugh. Celebrating the creative side of failure in a way we can all relate to, F in Exams gathers the most hilarious and inventive... (read more)

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Hardly Working: the Overachieving Underperformer's Guide To Doing As Little As Possible in the Office
Hardly Working: the Overachieving Underperformer's Guide To Doing As Little As Possible in the Office
by Chris Morran
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Hardly Working is for anyone lucky enough to have a job, smart enough to want to keep it, and savvy enough to know there's a better way than giving in to the daily grind. Author Chris Morran, soon to be hailed as an idol of idleness, has penned the... (read more)

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Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store: Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate
Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store: Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate
by Freeman Hall
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From Act I: I think you left these behind, I said, handing them to her. This happens all the time when women try to return bags they've used. Tampons, lipstick, coins, Tic Tacs, and condoms are the top treasures found. Greasy let out a sigh as if I were... (read more)

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The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles
The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles
by Jeff Martin
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What a delightful collection of true-life tales! Jeff Martin has gathered together writers and humorists of all stripes to offer a gold mine of cringe-inducing stories about life in the retail world. What writer hasn't spent a few years behind the... (read more)

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How to Really Stink at Work: A Guide to Making Yourself Fire-Proof While Having the Most Fun Possible
How to Really Stink at Work: A Guide to Making Yourself Fire-Proof While Having the Most Fun Possible
by Jeff Foxworthy
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New York Times bestselling humorist Jeff Foxworthy offers a hilarious illustrated guide to having the most fun possible at work while doing the least—without getting fired The better you are at your job, the longer your hours are going to be... (read more)

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The Office Space Case of the Mondays Fun Files
The Office Space Case of the Mondays Fun Files
by Sarah Obrien
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At long last, Office Space, the endlessly quotable classic movie that pokes laugh-out-loud fun at the monotony and pointlessness of modern office life, has been translated into the ultimate office fun file guaranteed to cure every case of “the... (read more)

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Extreme Office Crafts: Creative & Devious Ways to Waste Office Supplies & Company Time
Extreme Office Crafts: Creative & Devious Ways to Waste Office Supplies & Company Time
by Jimmy Knight
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Theres a good reason Dilbert and The Office are so popular: todays most popular sport is mocking life on the job. After all, the average work environment is filled with undesirable people, unpleasant situations, and hours of clock-watching boredom. So... (read more)

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Job Hopper: The Checkered Career of a Down-Market Dilettante
Job Hopper: The Checkered Career of a Down-Market Dilettante
by Ayun Halliday
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In this uproarious collection of essays, Halliday displays a work ethic all employers can admire: wearing a leg brace to work after calling in "sick," quitting the same day she starts by claiming her stepbrother had been in a bike accident, and faking... (read more)

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The Sick Day Handbook: Strategies and Techniques for Faking It
The Sick Day Handbook: Strategies and Techniques for Faking It
by Ellie Bishop
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You'll learn what illnesses to catch and how to talk about them. There's even a five-day call-in-with-a-nervous-break-down plan. You'll find lists of ailments for any occasion and surefire special excuses so bizarre no one could make them up. In fact... (read more)

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Overheard in the Office: Conversations from Water Coolers, Conference Rooms, and Cubicles
Overheard in the Office: Conversations from Water Coolers, Conference Rooms, and Cubicles
by S. Morgan Friedman and Michael Malice
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Includes never-before-published gems that can't be found at overheardintheoffice.com. The office is no place for dirty, personal, inappropriate talk-but that doesn't stop most people. From the loading dock to the ladies' room, this compelling collection... (read more)

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Don't Be Needy Be Succeedy: The A to Zee of Motivitality
Don't Be Needy Be Succeedy: The A to Zee of Motivitality
by L Vaughan Spencer
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L. Vaughan Spencer studied the Philosophy of Table Tennis and Anti-Social French at the University of the Isle of Wight and gained his MBA at the Jimmy Connors Institute in San Diego over the course of a weekend. Aside from holding motivational workshops... (read more)

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Overheard in the Office: Conversations from Water Coolers, Conference Rooms, and Cubicles
Overheard in the Office: Conversations from Water Coolers, Conference Rooms, and Cubicles
by S. Morgan Friedman
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Introduces a hilarious compilation of offbeat, bizarre, shocking, and off-the-wall commentary and conversations overheard in real-life workplaces around the globe. Original.... (read more)

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Working for the Man: Inspiring and Subversive Projects for Residents of Cubicle Land
Working for the Man: Inspiring and Subversive Projects for Residents of Cubicle Land
by Jeffrey Yamaguchi
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For anyone frustrated with the soul-killing monotony of a nine-to-five job, this quirky collection helps beat the office blues, inspire creativity in seemingly dead-end situations, and preserve a bit of integrity in a conformist corporate culture.... (read more)

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Office Pastimes: 50 Things to Do in an Office That Won't Get You a Pink Slip
Office Pastimes: 50 Things to Do in an Office That Won't Get You a Pink Slip
by Marcus Weeks
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- Filled with quirky illustrations, easy-to-follow instructions, and witty words of wisdom, Office Pastimes gives drones the power to turn their cubicles into hotbeds of fun and frivolity.- Make Martha proud! Create a cheery Corporate Snow Globe--a great... (read more)

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Dumbemployed: Hilariously Dumb and Sad But True Stories about Jobs Like Yours
Dumbemployed: Hilariously Dumb and Sad But True Stories about Jobs Like Yours
by Phil Edwards
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Launched in 2009, Dumbemployed.com has been committed to letting people know theyre not the only ones facing dumbemployment. In 300 characters or less, each entry details the stupid, bizarre, and ridiculous things that happen in the workplace. Its F My... (read more)

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Keep the Change: A Clueless Tipper's Quest to Become the Guru of the Gratuity
Keep the Change: A Clueless Tipper's Quest to Become the Guru of the Gratuity
by Steve Dublanica
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An irreverent, pavement-pounding, eye-opening exploration of a neglected part of the American economy: tipping Tipping is huge in America. Almost everyone leaves at least one tip every day. More than five million American workers depend on them, and we... (read more)

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Cube Monkeys: A Handbook for Surviving the Office Jungle
Cube Monkeys: A Handbook for Surviving the Office Jungle
by Careerbuilder
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You drag yourself to work wearing your office uniform, complete with khaki pants and sense of impending doom. After grabbing a cup of the office sludge, you settle in with your fellow cube dwellers and wonder: How will I last another day in this freaky... (read more)

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Pretending You Care: The Retail Employee Handbook
Pretending You Care: The Retail Employee Handbook
by Norm Feuti
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Ah, retail. It has lured in the best of us with promises of employee discounts (a sham), the "fun" of working with people (not so much), and flexible hours (dont make me laugh). What we got instead: cranky customers, sadistic managers, idiotic... (read more)

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Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked Path to Easy Street
Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked Path to Easy Street
by Jeff Kreisler
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In these difficult times, there's only one proven path to ridiculous amounts of money: Cheating. Everyone's doing it—from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-up home run kings, silicone-enhanced starlets, and backroom-dealing congressmen—so why not you... (read more)

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Office Mayhem: A Handbook for Practical Anarchy in the Workplace: A Jack Spade Book
Office Mayhem: A Handbook for Practical Anarchy in the Workplace: A Jack Spade Book
by Jack Spade
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"Office Mayhem" is a survival guide to Mondays in your cubicle and a primer on enduring the everyday monotony and pointlessness of modern office life. This mischievous handbook features tips on how to booby-trap your colleagues desk drawers, and how to... (read more)

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