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Ten People I Hate in the Office
By Jonathan Littman & Marc Hershon,
Authors of I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and
Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job
Here they are. The people we hate. Short and sweet.
10.
Stop Sign
I
want to slap him every time he dumps on my great new ideas.
9.
FlimFlam
How
does he keep tricking me into doing his work? Damn you, Flimflam!
8.
Bulldozer
If
only I could stick a muffler on his mouth.
7.
Smiley Face
Maybe
it's not a phony smile on his face. Maybe it's just Botox.
Whatever it is, I hate it.
6.
Liar Liar
I
don't have enough time left in the day to figure out who isn't
lying.
5.
Switchblade
The
only thing I can count on from this jerk is trash-talking me to the
boss.
4.
Minute Man
Dude's
grabbed so many minutes of my time he could build a week out of
them.
3.
Know-It-None
Blogs,
Wikipedia, reality TV. This clown couldn't tell fact from fiction
if they were wearing name tags.
2.
Spreadsheets
I'd
like to cram his rulebook where the sun don't shine.
1.
Sheeple
I
hate them because they make brainless meetings, sorting e-mail, and
mind-numbing tasks appear so productive that I'm tempted to become
one with the herd.
©2009 Jonathan Littman & Marc Hershon,
authors of I Hate People!:
Kick Loose from the Overbearing and
Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job
Author
Bios
Jonathan Littman, is the author of I Hate
People! and numerous acclaimed works
of
nonfiction, including The Fugitive Game, The Watchman, and The
Beautiful Game. He is also the coauthor of IDEO's The Art of
Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation. He is a
contributing editor for Playboy and a columnist for Yahoo!
Sports.
Marc Hershon is the coauthor of I Hate People! and
a branding expert who helped to create the
names
for the BlackBerry, Swiffer, nüvi, and many other influential
products. He is also a comedy veteran who has worked closely, with Dana
Carvey, Bill Maher, and Robin Williams.
For more information please visit www.IHatePeople.biz