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Employment of the Month: The Unfortunately True Adventures of FAXBoy and FileGrrl
This fast-and-furious memoir is told through a series of faux exit interview questionnaires that chronicles the friendship of two artists, one straight (FileGrrl) and one gay (FAXBoy), by way of our “extensive” work histories. Clocking in at over 50 jobs, this book is the perfect read for those times when you find yourself stuck in line at the bank or standing in the unemployment line itself!
229 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2010
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FAXBoy
1 book5 followersCo-author of "Employment of the Month" and editor of "Now Firing!" (currently accepting submissions), FAXBoy holds an MFA from The Iowa City Skool for Incredibly Famous Writers of the Future.
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November 12, 2013
Terrible jobs have never been so fun. We have all had jobs that we would gladly run out the front door from or ones where our ties were unceremoniously cut without our consent. FAXBoy and FileGrrl attack these unfortunate situations with a lot of humor. Written in a style that is easy to read (the perfect train selection actually), this is a must read.
June 30, 2021
Thoughtful AND Funny AND Tender...
FAXboy and FileGrrl have written a special, dual-voiced memoir. This book serves well the traditional goal of education: to please and to instruct. Readers sort of tag along as fortunate witnesses to the kind of struggles ordinary workers in our culture regularly face. Consider EMPLOYMENT OF THE MONTH as a creatively clever confluence of Studs Terkel's WORKING and Barbara Ehrenreich's NICKEL AND DIMED. Yet the main strength of this book is that it is NOT a mere rant by dissatisfied former employees. The human being-ness of both FAXboy and FileGRRL permeates each of their accounts as well as does the humanity of a number of their "Allies" that they share time with as employees. In addition, practically every "episode" made me laugh and think, then laugh and think again, OUTLOUD and in PUBLIC!! Indeed, each account could have been incorporated into its own weekly sitcom. Readers will find that while moving through the exploits of FAXboy and FileGrrl, they will consider with "serious joy" (John Ciardi) the power of the old adage: "Try to be kind to everyone you meet because everyone is fighting a very difficult battle."
FAXboy and FileGrrl have written a special, dual-voiced memoir. This book serves well the traditional goal of education: to please and to instruct. Readers sort of tag along as fortunate witnesses to the kind of struggles ordinary workers in our culture regularly face. Consider EMPLOYMENT OF THE MONTH as a creatively clever confluence of Studs Terkel's WORKING and Barbara Ehrenreich's NICKEL AND DIMED. Yet the main strength of this book is that it is NOT a mere rant by dissatisfied former employees. The human being-ness of both FAXboy and FileGRRL permeates each of their accounts as well as does the humanity of a number of their "Allies" that they share time with as employees. In addition, practically every "episode" made me laugh and think, then laugh and think again, OUTLOUD and in PUBLIC!! Indeed, each account could have been incorporated into its own weekly sitcom. Readers will find that while moving through the exploits of FAXboy and FileGrrl, they will consider with "serious joy" (John Ciardi) the power of the old adage: "Try to be kind to everyone you meet because everyone is fighting a very difficult battle."
October 24, 2011
One of the best books I've ever co-authored.
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