Break Room

This book explores one of humanity's greatest horrors: inconsiderate coworkers. Don't have one? Well, then you probably ARE one! "Break Room" puts these everyday villains in a reality TV show, and it's a lot of fun. It also raises the question of how we view our daily interactions, and if the bad faith interpretation is correct, or if our horrible coworkers actually mean well.

A reality show that brings together a bunch of office "villains", aka the people that were voted to be the most annoying break room habitants in their company, with the goal to find an imposter amongst them and earn a lot of money. During the show the contestants get opportunities to either get intell on their competition or learn the truth about why they were chosen for the show. As time goes by, we learn a lot about the "Villains" unique quirks and how a lot of them are just misunderstandings or simply misjudged. As the story progresses, you can't help but wonder about your own innocent office offences, that might annoy your colleagues. How would you choose in this situation? Would you like to know what people are saying about you, or would you rather gain insight on your competition? I really enjoyed the general story and thought-provoking ideas, but also felt like the story could and should have been longer. The roughly 150 pages don't do this great idea enough justice, as it keeps lingering on the surface level. I was especially disappointed when i noticed that around 20-30 pages of this book were the first chapters of 'Dallergut Dream Department Store', which made an already thin book even slimmer.