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The Official Secretary's Guide to Sanity and Survival

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Cindy holds back no words when describing her actual life experiences working in offices as a secretary.
Witty and humorous, you can actually read about all the personalities in an office and be able to match some of your coworkers and bosses with Cindy's descriptions.
I really enjoyed reading this book, we've all been in Cindy's position at one time or another.
A must read book.

Thank you Cindy for finally puting in words what all of us secretaries have been puting up with "since the dawn of time". This book is for anyone with a sense of humor. Anyone that has had a job or even heard of anyone having a job should get this wickedly hilarious book!!! Can't wait for the next one.

If you've ever worked in an office, chances are you may have worked under the clenches of such bosses as "The Redneck Boss" or "The Tyrant Boss" or maybe even "The Lecher Boss". You could have also had the misfortune of working with coworkers as "The Backstabber," or "Telephone Tina" or even "Nosey Nellie" but whatever the case, Cindy has taken those characters and turned them as well as any type of bad job experience into a book filled with laugh-out-loud humor. I highly-recommend anyone looking for a good laugh, to buy this book.

I have been a legal secretary for 23 years. I have known Cindy for many years and have had the pleasure of working with her for several of them, so you can say I "shared" some of the experiences mentioned in her book. The book really gets to the nitty gritty of the office politics. I really enjoyed the book, chuckling as I matched the characters in the book to people I have had the pleasure (or displeasure, however you look at it) of working with in the past. There is no doubt about it -- it is a dog-eat-dog world out there, so you better hide your bone well! Thanks for sharing your experiences with us Cindy. Hope to read more books by you in the future.

This was a therapeutic book to read! I've been in the secretarial field for about 10 years and not getting anywhere--this work is not appreciated until no one is there to clean the burned coffee pots. I worked hard to get a degree, but I'm still treated like the cleaning lady. Cindy Hooper was very thorough in her description of the different types of bosses. Fortunately, I have not had the misfortune to work for some of these personality types, but I have worked for women bosses who Cindy also describes accurately in her book.

Thank you Cindy for sharing your experience and humor with your fellow secretarial laborers--you made me laugh!

A Funny Read. Hilarious. I'm not a Secretary, but unfortunately I've worked for those "different type bosses" described. A Secretary's job is no "piece of cake" nor is it just a day to day, nine to five--IT'S A MADHOUSE! Cindy has unveiled the profession and exposed it for what it truely is--

I have never laughed so hard in my life! When I began working, I was a secretary and it was like Cindy was transcribing my memories. I had lived many of these moments - I have read other how-to books but this tops all. Especially the interview chapter - talk about the boss from hell, in fact, I think I worked for him!

I thoroughly recommend this to any secretary out there - I know what they go through and this is a funny and saterical look at what they face on a daily basis - a must read. Not for the faint hearted - but should be on every secretarial desk in the world - and in at least 3 other languages. I absolutely loved this book!

I'm not a secretay, but a good friend of mine told me this was a "must read" book. This author has a down-home rapier wit. Her descriptions of the different "boss" types is dead on the money. If you're a boss you should definitely read this, but be prepared to recognize yourself in a different light.

If you're into Mary Poppins or The Good Ship Lollypop then keep movin' 'cause this ain't for you. If you enjoy the type of humor that hits you like a board-in-the-face then hang on and enjoy the ride.

This author is one lady that's been there, done that, and has the tee shirt. Only somebody whose lived it could write it so well. A good book for anybody who likes to laugh.

C. Burton
Washington, DC

My bookclub consists of many temps and office workers and we read the book as a selection. Everyone got a kick out of it because everything that we endure is between these two covers! Cindy hits the nail on the head over and over again--we laughed out loud through the whole book! Sometimes you have to take what they give when your "workin' for a living" and Cindy's book provides us "secretaries" with a bit of humor and dignity in a stressful, underappreciated profession. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy this fun read!

Thank you Cindy!!! You finally have told the truth about how hard our job is. I think all of us, "Secretaries, Admin. Assistant's" and whatever else they call us, should all buy a couple of copies of this book and just kind of lay them all around the office. Maybe the right people will cast their eyes on just how they really do treat us.