People disappoint. Daily. Hourly. Why not wise up and get ready for it? The sooner you learn to stop getting sucker-punched and letting yourself get pissed off, the sooner you can get back to doing your own thing, your own way. In our book, we ve selected and analyzed the ten most troublesome types of people, then fired out techniques for going over, under or through them. In the meantime, featuring some of their common phrases, here's a handy guide for spotting the Ten Least Wanted, appearing now in an office near you... Amazon.com Review
The Ten Least Wanted character traits as defined by Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon in I Hate People
STOP SIGN
"The world is flat."
"I think you've had enough fun."
"You'll put an eye out with that thing."
FLIMFLAM"Could you work on this project?"
"It's a really small, quick thing."
"No big deal."
BULLDOZER"What the hell's wrong with you?!"
"You're an idiot."
"You're lucky I don't fire you."
SMILEY FACE"Would you like a doughnut?"
"Were you invited to the company picnic?"
"How was your performance review?"
LIAR LIAR"I never got that email."
"My hard drive crashed."
"You didn't get my voice mail?"
SWITCHBLADE"Hey, that's a great idea! Glad I thought of it!"
"I'll smooth it out with the boss."
"You just go home -- everything will be alright in the morning."
MINUTE MAN"I just have one more question..."
"This will only take a second."
"We're almost done."
KNOW-IT-NONE"I saw it on TV."
"I saw it on the internet."
"I saw it on Wikipedia."
SPREADSHEET"That's not in the budget."
"But you didn't do a focus group."
"Your dreams conflict with the data."
SHEEPLE"I'm not qualified to make decisions."
"I only performed approved work tasks."
"I love meetings!"