ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, April 24, 1997 TAG: 9704240004
SECTION: AT WORK PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: Funny Business
SOURCE: JOHN GRIESSMAYER
Here's a list of business books we'd like to see:
``The Vending Machine Recipe Book,'' by Janice Baker. Offers tasty recipes for busy office workers. Included: Peanut Butter Cracker Parfait, Peanut Butter Cracker Surprise and Zesty Peanut Butter Cracker Casserole.
``The Official Black Market Office Supply Price Guide,'' by Jimmy ``The Stapler'' Leoni. Handy guide lists the street values for commonly stolen office supplies. Includes a special section on how to hide an entire copy machine in your trench coat.
``I Haven't Paid Taxes Since 1979,'' by Rich Whiteguy. Step-by-step instructions tell how an everyday billionaire can ``bend'' U.S. federal tax laws by using political favors, extortion and an army of attorneys.
``Employees Are from Earth, Managers Are from Pluto,'' by Dr. Joan Gray. Scientifically documents the attitude differences between bosses and workers. ``Basically,'' Gray writes, ``The manager's instinct to get a fat bonus by cutting budgets is at great odds with the employee's desire to afford both food and shelter.''
``I Call It Frown-Sizing,'' by Robert Pinkslip. Autobiography chronicles the rise and fall of the former Fortune 500 company CEO who was so enthusiastic about downsizing that he accidentally fired himself.
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