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Posted by Philip Bryer on 12 October 2007 - 2:44pm.
It's the corporate nightmare. Team-building games, company organised 'fun', awaydays, outward-bound courses, psychometric testing, diversity audits, motivational tools and bullshit of Cowell-like proportions.
There's more info on Amazon, or here: www.lulu.com/pmbryer
What I need are your stories of life as a working stiff, and of the idiots who make what should be the comparatively easy business of earning a living so bleedin' difficult.
Vol 1 is called None of your Business by Philip Bryer.
If, with your help, I can gather enough additional material there'll be a sequel and you'll be rewarded with a personal dedication.
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Office Death
For a compendious incite into the life of a work-a-day stiff, look at Joel Sartore's ''Office Anonymity''.
As Napoleon said ''The English are a nation of shopkeepers'' and a nation of shopkeepers who believe ideas are a deceptive ornament, and are content with plodding along the carefully plotted lines of assignment, commission and drudgery. Until we die.
That being said, I know someone who wanked into a bin at a branch of ''Pets At Home''. So there are perks.
Bin wanking
Bugger! I am not alone...
Get it regularly at www.theaxevictim.blogspot.com
So called Team Building
I've had one or two experiences with these horrible events. Needless to say I am an Idler in the truest sense. I hate going to work - love the people (most of em) but hate the job. We were split into teams, and our first mission was to play a guessing game, who is telling the truth. You had to come up with three so called facts about yourself, two complete lies and one truth. I reluctantly took part in this nonsense attempt by the Management to get to know it's staff better. But my truth had an ironic and strong message, I really hate my job, I said as one of my facts. The Management were so out of touch with there staff they couldn't even guess that that wasn't the case.
So much for Team Building.
Nic Treadwell
www.homegrownpodcast.co.uk
www.storyville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
nic@homegrownpodcast.co.uk
This way for excerpts
Rather than clog up the good people on the Word Community site, go here for a few chapters of None of your Business:
http://www.myspace.com/pmbryer
Film 4 called it "innovative". Very kind of them, I thought.