This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value: A Dilbert Book

Tired of the Mundane Routine? Add Some Value to Your Life!

Do you feel like all of the important decisions at your workplace are made by drunken lemurs? Are you continually forced to listen to bosses who aren't qualified to do their own jobs, let alone yours? Well, you're not alone. In the 31st Dilbert collection, This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99), Scott Adams tackles the plight of cubicle dwellers with his biting wit and brilliant insight. In his introduction, Scott confides, "The key to career advancement is appearing valuable despite all hard evidence to the contrary." Dilbert learns this the hard way through his agonizing encounters with such nefarious characters as Catbert, Evil Director of Human Resources; Mordac, Preventer of Information Services; and of course, the Boss. As Dilbert navigates this atmosphere of sloth and corporate indifference, he faces issues such as the arbitrary, unspoken rules of interoffice e-mail, the random policy generator, and the knowledge that management has given up on trying to win an award for best place to work. The appeal of This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value is that not only does Dilbert navigate through the same mundane, corporate, nine-to-five existence in which his readers physically dwell, his encounters offer side splitting humor as well.

So take Scott's advice and read This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value at work. If anyone asks, just say you're looking for "good ones" for your PowerPoint presentation. No one will ask what the presentation is about (or whether you even have one), and that way you can pretend to add value to your work and actually add enjoyment to your life!

About Scott Adams

Scott Adams was born in Windham, NY, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1979. Initially conceived as a doodle, Dilbert was formally launched in 1989 and netted Scott a Reuben Award in 1997. Dilbert appears in more than 2,000 newspapers and is translated into 23 languages in 70 countries—boasting a daily readership of more than 150 million.

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This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value: A Dilbert Book

By: Scott Adams
ISBN-10: 978-0-7407-7227-6
Format: Paperback, 8 1/2 by 9, 128 pages
Price: $12.99 ($14.50 Canada)