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Examines ways in which individuals can prevent co-workers from looking at the documents on their desk or the work on their computer screen. How Carol Kromminga tries to prevent her co-workers from snooping; View that office privacy is a myth; Reasons why people snoop; Countermeasures taken by some co-workers to prevent people from snooping.

Offers advice to workers who are required to attend office meetings. Examples of the non-work related things workers do while in meetings; Comments from John E. Tropman, a University of Michigan organization-management professor who uses faculty meetings to grade papers, regarding the unintended usefulness of meetings; Estimated amount of money lost each year because of meetings, according to Tropman, who is the author of several books on how to make meetings more efficient; Terms used to describe meetings in an effort to make them seem more important; Comments from Bernie DeKoven, who ran the Institute for better Meetings for more than 15 years, suggesting meetings are ceremonies designed to reinforce the hierarchy.

Focuses on the potential changes in the working culture at Google Inc. that may occur as the result of the wealth created by the company going public. Description of the workplace environment at Google, suggesting it is not typical of the corporate world; Speculation about a change in a company's culture as the result of wealth; Comments from David Friend, who became wealthy after selling his computer-graphics company in 1982, regarding the resentment felt by employees after the owners became millionaires; How resentment manifested itself at Netscape.

Focuses on territorialism in the workplace. Several examples of individuals who were the subjects of co-workers' attempts to limit the individuals' interaction with upper management and decision-makers; Comments from Herb Rappaport, a consultant and professor of psychology at Temple University, regarding the actions of managers who protect their power base using territorial methods; Where turf warfare stems from; Comments from organizational psychologist Victoria Green of the executive-development firm RHR International regarding the improper handling of such cases by upper management.

Attempts to explain the motivations of co-workers who sabotage other workers, a practice more commonly known as "back-stabbing." Example of Scott Rosen, who worked at a financial-services company, who was demoted largely due to the efforts of a co-worker; Comments from Fred Nader, a management consultant, regarding the motivation of individuals to sabotage another worker; Factors leading to sabotage, including a tight job market and a work environment prone to dishonesty; Results of a poll conducted by management consultant Judith Briles, indicating an increase in the number of workers who feel they have been undermined; Examples of sabotage at various companies.

Presents a humorous look at resolutions workers can make for their co-workers to make the work environment a better place. Personal phone calls; Leftovers in the food lounge; Kissing-up to the boss; Co-workers with colds and sniffles; Eating habits; Bathroom etiquette; Behavior toward subordinates; Office paranoia and paranoids; People who over-dramatize office problems; Visiting consultants; Meetings in the workplace; Leftovers in the office refrigerator; Replacing the water bottle atop the water cooler; Learn to fix simple copier problems.