Bad Jobs

Louise Karch is a career consultant with Carswell Partners in London, Ontario.

The North American workplace horror tales featured in this anthology are
not for the faint of heart. In Marnie Woodrow’s sardonic tale of
revenge, “32 Flavours,” the protagonist is “convinced that most
serial killers have at one time in their lives been food-service
workers.” In these pages, you will discover what was put in your
crushed party ice by disgruntled underpaid workers. For something more
inspiring, read about the mechanics of working a phone sex line while
reading Ms. magazine. Politicians should read the book to learn what
work is like for most people, but I’m afraid they wouldn’t get past
the four-letter words, sexually explicit language, and funky sense of
humor. For people who hate their jobs, these stories of creative
responses to rotten jobs are very affirming.