Source: http://www.filedby.com/author/margaret_e_cmelik/2491995/
Date: June 26, 2010

I love the idea behind the book, but I feel like it could use a few more rounds of editing. The tips were done in a handful of different fonts, for the different points of view, however, I think that needs to be made more obvious. I wanted to get more of an impression of a voice coming from the different people leaving tips. While many of the tips were cute and humorous (and some seemed like really good ideas!), I felt that some went over the edge trying to be funny and just ended up losing the humor. I loved the images though, because of their handmade quality, and they definitely seemed like pictures someone might take at work while bored.

Source: http://www.librarything.com/work/9082299/reviews/52013594
Date: October 31, 2009

... Yes, the tips are ostensibly for “battling office ennui,” but I am of the opinion that they could also easily be used for “battling office ridiculousness,” “battling office nincompoopery,” or simply “maintaining a shred of sanity in an office situation that is clearly insane.” (I mean come one, can anyone recall a time when a miscataloged book set off a chain of events that led to certain nuclear annihilation? My college debate team didn’t even come up with that gem.)

In the acknowledgments, I learned that this book was a compilation of tips contributed by employees of “The Boss.” Each “tipster” was assigned their own font, which allows the nerdier reader (me) to construct a mental profile of each individual based on tips alone. (I definitely want to party with you guys.) The tips are presented in random order, and each tip is accompanied by a photo or artwork in black and white. In its physical dimensions, the book is small enough to be crammed hastily into a bag/file folder/drawer should one be caught consulting it while on the job.

I don’t want to spoil the tips, as many are choice, but I will say that I have employed several of them myself. (Bringing down the happy person? Yeah, I’ve done that. And don’t even get me started on the Coke/Hershey Bar combo.) If you don’t get ideas from reading this book, you’re just not reading hard enough. And even if you don’t actually use any of them at your place of business, one can always dream, right?
... P.S. Thanks for warning me not to read the book while on my electric scooter.

Source: http://www.librarything.com/work/9082299/reviews/52013594
Date: November 9, 2009

This is silly, satiric book of tips and photographs akin to the work found in _The Onion_ or _Far Side_. Its grey-scale art could be seen as either a wackily self-conscious meta-joke on cubicle gerbils gone wild with office supplies and copier access...or merely low-production values.
Anyhow, this book is good for either a 15-minute skim or smaller increments of procrastination.