Please Fire Me

By Adam Chromy and Jill Morris

If you work in the kind of place where your boss's door is always open, the coffee is always refilled, and professionalism reigns, then kindly put down this book and throw yourself off something very tall. If years of being frustrated by arrogant douche bags and mental pygmies have left you ready to burn the world to the ground while laughing, then prepare to discover someone actually has it worse.

Inspired by the hugely popular website, Please Fire Me is

"A venting ground for the malemployed." --Thrillist

"A really funny, bitchy co-worker." --The L Magazine

Read hilarious workplace horror stories and follow the PFM guide to surviving the corporate machine.

"Your boss is illiterate, your co-worker eats her own hair--whine it all out on Please Fire Me."--Details.com

"Read Please Fire Me and be happy your job isn't that bad." --Smart Pretty and Awkward

"Hilarious." --Times & Transcript

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: May 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9780806535203

Reviews for Please Fire Me

[aethercowboy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Please Fire Me is one of those humor books that's based on a humor blog that people probably read either during work or immediately after work when they need to blow off some steam from having to work in such a ridiculous workplace. The general premise of the entertainment here is the people begging the uncaring universe (versus their uncaring employer, who will probably follow through) to please fire them, because they work in such unbearable, kafkaesque nightmares of jobs that it borders on almost unbelievable. Some however, strike a little closer to home: "Please fire me. I was invited to a meeting to discuss the fact that there are too many meetings." I feel ya.Having not read the eponymous website, I estimate that the book itself is either slightly more entertaining or slightly less entertaining, but not exactly the same amount of entertaining as the website. I personally found the "Please Fire Me" confessions to be the most interesting, and the most humorous, wondering for a second: "Is this REAL?" The added fluff the authors contribute to tell more elaborate jokes regarding the confession sometimes feel a little too forced, or last just a bit too long. The true win strat are the confessionals.The book, like its many kin, are the type of book you read when you're hanging around the book store with nothing better to do. It's probably not the kind you'd take home, unless the place you work is really that bad. Will give a few laughs, but maybe not $15 dollars worth.

[kevinbw309 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Please fire me. I received this book for free and was asked to review it.Everyone has a crappy job that they hate (and if not, they're either lying or in denial). This book teaches people with crappy jobs how to make their lives less miserable without quitting. Inspired by the very successful website PleaseFireMe.com, this book not only gives examples of people who have crappier jobs than you, but also gives ways to make your day suck less. Written in the form of a help manuel, this book can help teach you and your co-workers to rise up against your bosses that make your life miserable. Whether you mildly dislike your job or want to see your workplace ablaze, this book will help you and should be read by anyone who is currently malemployed.

[cmwilson101 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Please Fire Me: Posts from the Revolting Workplace by Adam Chromy and Jill Morris is a highly entertaining, funny (but sad at the same time) compilation of quotes, jokes, stories, and cartoons all based upon real experiences in the workplace, as submitted to the PleaseFireMe.com blog. I enjoyed the entire book, but most laugh-out-loud funny were the reader-submitted posts such as, "Please fire me. I have 4 managers, and there are 12 people that work here." and "Please fire me. I am dressed like a smoothie." Good fun, particularly when you've had a bad day.

[crystaldotson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a very humorous and entertaining book. It's based on real people with real jobs , that submit their experiences to PleaseFireMe.com blog. It's full of jokes and stories that will keep you laughing. And it's all true.Had a laughing good time reading this book.

[jess1rph · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I won this book through the LibraryThing early reader program. I must say that from the cover and the name of this book, I really expected a funny book. This was not the case. The majority of the stories were just plain boring. Some of it was funny, but not much. In all honesty, I couldn't even finish this book.