Summary
There is a reason why people buy red staplers, Dwight Schrute bobbleheads and stuffed Dilberts: It's because many Americans are disenchanted with their jobs, and those items - pop culture icons that symbolize the worst in office culture - affirm that others view the workplace with the same disregard.
"I think it helps people to know they are not alone in their frustrations," said Scott Adams, who created his "Dilbert" comic strip nearly two decades ago.See the full content of this document
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Cubicle Life Looms Large in Pop Culture
In a sense, then, pop culture has become therapeutic for the disheartened American worker. And although many books - think anything by Kafka - and movies ("Fight Club") have dealt with jobs that can suck ...
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