Crap Jobs : 100 Tales of Workplace Hell

Crap Jobs : 100 Tales of Workplace Hell

Crap Jobs : 100 Tales of Workplace Hell

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Quick -- what's the worst, most mind-numbing, humiliating, horrendous, horrific job you can think of?

They're all here. The worst jobs in the world. Firsthand accounts of one hundred horrible jobs guaranteed to make you groan, laugh, and maybe, just maybe help you feel a teensy bit better about your own place in the rat race. Painstakingly assembled by the geniuses behind the British humor magazine The Idler, this collection includes the gloriously gory details of such occupations as: hospital launderette, gas station worker, weed sprayer, bank teller, janitor's assistant, and telemarketer.

It's a hilarious romp through the stinky cesspool of employment hell, with helpful commentary from those who speak of crap jobs from hard-won personal experience. So curl up with this guide and be grateful for the job you have...or grab the want ads now!



About the Author

Dan Kieran is The Idler's deputy editor and an expert on crap jobs. His mortifying resume includes weed sprayer, bank clerk, box stacker, washer-upper, hay bailer, marquee director, army kitchen porter, watercress farmer, pallet maker, and turkey beheader. He lives in England.

Crap Jobs : 100 Tales of Workplace Hell,Dan Kieran,Harper Paperbacks,0060833416,Business & Economics,Business/Economics,Humor,Labor,Social Conditions Of Labor,Topic - Business and Professional,Humor / General

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