Officespeak: The Win-Win Guide to Touching Base, Getting the Ball Rolling, and Thinking Inside the Box

By D.W. Martin

Teaches you to fit in with the rest of the working stiffs through use of the sports metaphors, acronyms, and expressions common to the workplace. This title provides tips on subverting the motivational propaganda of HR, and explains the art of mumbling your phone number when leaving a voice mail to ensure no call back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416900284
• ISBN13: 9781416900283
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

And you thought happiness couldn't be bought!

Read this book! But don't read it like one of those predictable, ho-hum, chapter-by-chapter, plot-thickening numbers. Read it savoring the taste of each little section of comedic brilliance. Read it out loud sitting around the kitchen table. Read it knowing you're going to have to read this baby again and again until D.W. Martin publishes his next masterpiece. This book is so funny, it will improve your sense of humor by up to fifty points!! Do you know what St. Augustine heard that brought about his great conversion? He heard the voice of a little child saying "take up and read." So do what a great saint did and take up and read Officespeak! (Note: Augustine didn't have Officespeak yet, but I'm guessing Officespeak will probably become as famous as the 'good book' that he ended up using.) BUY IT! READ IT! LOVE IT!

Good gift idea for a co-worker

I was looking for a good gift for a co-worker I don't know too well, started thumbing through this, and ended up buying two -- one for the co-worker, and one for me. I get wary of humor books, but this one was dead-on hilarious. The section on the "history of the office" alone is worth the price of the book.

Hysterical!

I was reading this on the bus and I laughed so hard people started staring. This is the perfect graduation present for college students heading out into the "real" world!

Hilarious! And, embarrassing how true the stuff really is..

It's embarrassing how dead on all the stuff on this book is! It made me cringe to remember all the times I've used the `Officespeak' sayings, like "here's a heads up," or "just touching base," or "team player." The office space is a sick, sick world & DW Martin captures it perfectly with absolutely hilarious writing! His voice is perfectly tongue-in-cheek and sarcastic--just enough so that you can give the book as a gift to your boss without him/her fully realizing just how much you're making fun of your job. I loved it!

Like the office, only better.

I don't know why I like reading books about work life so much, but this one was very articulate in its analysis of the air i breathe everyday, 9 to 5. I wish i was swimming in a different pond, but for now its nice to have the parks and rec guide to the one I am in. Good book to keep around the office.