{"created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-11T01:09:47.559919"}, "latest_revision": 4, "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "**\"After reading this diary of perversity, you'll wonder why most \r\nlong distance entrepreneurs haven't been enshrined in the \r\nRipley Museum.\"\r\n__________________________________________________\r\nBarry Harrin gives you a startling insiders view of the secretive and \r\nhidden world behind the locked doors of your local and long distance \r\ncompanies ... And yes, it will both shock and amaze you\r\nThe stories you will read in Guess Who's Listening at The Other \r\nend of Your Telephone? Are all true. Only the names have been \r\nchanged to protect the guilty (and on rare occasions the \r\ninnocent).\r\nStarting with his career experiences, Harrin quickly moves up the \r\nladder in a large corporate bureaucracy, all while exposing what \r\nreally goes on.\r\nIf you've ever worked in a bureaucracy, you will probably find \r\nyourself reminiscing about the good ol' days and how you \r\nsurvived despite the odds (or maybe you didn't and are thankful \r\nfor that).\r\nIf you have not yet worked in a large corporate bureaucracy, you \r\nwill definitely need to read this book before considering it.\r\nAnd if you are about to join one of those conglomerates, you \r\nshould read this book in preparation for what you are about to \r\nencounter. It will lessen the shock!\r\nThe communications industry tends to be a very closed and \r\nincestuous society. Like society in general, it is populated with \r\nmany good people working alongside some not so good people.\r\nYou will doubtlessly enjoy your view behind these previously \r\nlocked and sealed doors.\r\nHow Would You Like To See The Chapter Titles ... They're \r\nUnbelievable!**\r\n\r\n**Chapter Titles:\r\n1. Late As Usual, But I Need The Job Anyway\r\n2. AT&T: We Are The World Sucka \r\n3. Ma Bell's Indoctrination \r\n4. Let The Career Begin, Bring In The Lions \r\n5. Management - New York Style \r\n6. Dancing With The Scorpions \r\n7. We Ain't Got No Culture And We Show It \r\n8. Making Money The Old Fashioned Way... With Overtime \r\n9. \"Ya Better Get Wid Da Program, Ya Jerk - Or Else!\" \r\n10. The First Christmas - AT&T Style \r\n11. When The Supervisor's Are Away The Telephone Company's Customers Should Pray \r\n12. We're In The Union, Right? So Let's Go On Strike \r\n13. A New Supervisor From Sales - How Can We Screw Him? \r\n14. So You're Graduating College - Who Cares? \r\n15. Escape From New York - The Final Version! \r\n16. Welcome To Southern Fried Bell \r\n17. Attack Of The Clay People \r\n18. Promote Him? But He's Not Wearing A Dress \r\n19. Telephone Taps And Drug Kingpins \r\n20. Disco Dancing At The Bell System \r\n21. Spring Break - Phone Company Style \r\n22. Playing God In A 3-Piece Suit \r\n23. Ambush Under The Palm Trees \r\n24. The Bell System's Last Great Strike \r\n25. Y'all Craft Or Management \r\n26. Ma Bell's Shotgun Divorce \r\n27. Laser Beams And Alligators In The Everglades \r\n28. The Sadaam Hussein Of Boca Raton? \r\n29. Bringing Civilization And Fiber Optics To Texas \r\n30. Son, I'm A Texan, My Handshake Is A Contract! \r\n31. The Texas Dialtone Massacre \r\n32. Dinosaur Skin Boots, Gold Chains, Grab Ya Groin, Ya Wallet, And Run \r\n33. Let's Make A Deal - Welcome To Telecom Conventions \r\n34. Yes, Satan Was A Venture Capitalist \r\n35. Welcome To Prairie Dog Town And Sandstorms \r\n36. Hi, I'm From Texas, Let's Do Some Bidness \r\n37. Pirates Of The Potomac \r\n38. Slut Puppies And Other Sales Tricks \r\n39. The Mouse That Roared \r\n40. David Versus Goliath Part II**"}, "key": "/works/OL9713371W", "title": "Guess Who's Listening at the Other End of Your Telephone?", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL3704400A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2010-11-20T21:30:40.859536"}, "covers": [6669564, 6669559], "revision": 4}