I Hate Your Job

“Did he really just say that?”
You and other IHYJ readers sharing the stupidest things they hear on a regular basis. Sounds good right?

Sometimes, our co-workers or boss will say something so offensive, so trite, so demeaning, or so stupid that we have to pause for a moment to make sure we heard it correctly.

That’s […]

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Embassy Suites has some very funny commercials out right now, and I wanted to share this one with you this morning.

The moral of this video? It’s easy to forgive when you like the transgressor.
So, next time you want to tell someone how likable they are, why not prove it? Blame them […]

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In light of my recent illness, I decided that this would be a good topic for today.

Administrative Tasks
Bad job: You have to do frustrating paperwork.
Virus: Your paperwork is uncomplicated: Charmin, Cottonelle, etc…

Commute
Bad job: Getting to work can be stressful. Traffic is often a problem.
Virus: Your longest commute is the 20 feet from couch to […]

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A Guest Post By Dante Alighieri
That’s right everyone, after a week of working my telemarketing job, I’m back and ready to do some more writing! The Second Circle was terrifying, yes, but this one is worse still.
For anyone who has ever had to depend on an incompetent co-worker, this is the part of […]

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A Form Letter of Appreciation
This isn’t sarcastic. If you have a good boss, why not do this or something similar?! You can just click the “email this” link at the end of the article. If you do give it to your boss, you’d better email me to let me know! If […]

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Do you hate morning people?
Well, here’s what I learned today: morning people are persecuted. This is shocking for me because I always thought of them as the aggressors.
There was a while where I was having to be at work every day before the sun came up, and I am a morning corpse, the opposite […]

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A guest post by Dante Alighieri
Imagine everything you hate about your current commute… and be thankful for it.
In the Second Circle of Job Hell, your actual job is irrelevant. Most of your time will be spent languishing in the most heinous daily commute imaginable.
Employees of the Second Circle discover emotions below misery and […]

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A Guest Post By Dante Alighieri
Alright, so first, big thanks to Chuck for letting me have a platform to get back into writing. Let’s get started with a little background about Job Hell.
The 9 Circles of Job Hell get progressively worse the deeper you go. It’s just standard hell operating procedure, really. […]

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Sociopathic Time-Wasters In Your Office

Do you have a co-worker who seems to flaunt a complete disregard for what they are actually supposed to be doing?
Earlier this month, I wrote about the most commonly used and most effective technique for saving face when you are caught off-task on your computer. It’s called the GOTFAT Maneuver, […]

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Guest Bloggers Don’t Get Any Bigger Than This!
In what has to be one of the greatest “Where are they now?” shockers in history, we recently received an email from Dante Alighieri himself! I have copied it below so that you don’t have to take my word for it:
Dear Chuck,
I am so glad to have […]

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