What is Kindle MatchBook? A Way to Kill Boredom at Work

Transfer Your Favorite Print Books to Kindle for Free With Kindle MatchBook

OMG! Here is an excellent way to kill time at work. Log onto Amazon and start searching for books you bought back in the day. Yes. Imagine you bought a book from Amazon 10 years ago. Well, now you can have books that you bought in print transferred to your Kindle through the Kindle MatchBook service today for as low as .99 cents! But some are even Free!

Amazon is adding books every day, so yours are bound to make the list. If they aren't available already.

Amazon already has thousands of titles dating back 18 years

I was excited about this. Now, instead of counting the hours on the clock until its time for you to check out, you can actually use your brain to test your memory by trying to remember the books you have in your personal library at home and getting them transferred to your Kindle. For thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases now allow you to buy the Kindle edition for $2.99, $1.99, $0.99, or free.

According to the website:

"MatchBook makes it easy to have both the print and Kindle editions of books you love--reread and rediscover your favorites with features like X-Ray, Popular Highlights, and Whispersync on your Kindle or free Kindle reading apps for phones, computers, and tablets."

"Kindle MatchBook is available on new book purchases, too. More than 70,000 books have been enrolled so far, including Life of Pi, Wool, Johnny Carson, and Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. Keep checking back, because we'll be adding more Kindle MatchBook titles regularly." 

If this doesnt kill time for you, I don't know what will. 

Happy Searching!

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Or Hardly Working: Cliquefest

Cliques are becoming an annoying but growing trend in my office bldg. I hate the way grown men and women feel the need to form groups with the sole purpose of excluding others. The way it works here, is that people congregate by workgroup.
The most annoying of them are the customer service cronies. I didnt pay too much attention to them until they began gathering in the employee breakroom area during lunch.

Don't get me wrong. I dont mind people developing friendships in the workplace, but when they begin to make others uncomfortable, then I do have a problem.

Anyway, back to the workplace gathering:

There's only one room on the entire floor where you can get a snack or drink from a vending machine, sit down for a spell and use the microwave. The CS clique has decided to boguard the room for more than an hour every day. They take up all the seats at the table and make it really uncomfortable to stay in the room while my frozen lunch is heating in the microwave.

Why is it uncomfortable? Because every time I walk in, they pause their talking and then turn and stare at me as I take my food out of the freezer. Once I place it in the oven and walk out, they begin talking again. Its really weird and unsettling.

I thought I left highschool behavior behind, but I guess I was wrong.
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Workplace Dilemmas

So you did it, you have landed the job that you’ve always wanted. Alternatively, maybe you are just working to pay the bills and only care about being paid. Either way while you are coasting along you don’t for one minute think about having your morals questioned. In a perfect world, all you would have to worry about is just going to work, working and then going home with no drama in between.

Have you ever been pressured to do something unethical or thought of something yourself that is more than likely questionable? For some taking a few envelopes, a box of staples or a ream or two of paper is no big deal. How many of us have been guilty for pocketing a few pens every now and then? We feel that no one will notice and leave it at that. We don’t usually advance to casing supply closets. However, for the ones that are faced with more difficult decisions there are a few things you can ask yourself if you are unsure of which side of the law you want to stay on.

You should definitely ask yourself what the consequences are. If you decide to do something unethical, immoral, or illegal you might want to weigh the repercussions before you make any decisions.

If you have to ask yourself if it’s legal than it probably isn’t. When an idea seems shady from the beginning than nine times out of ten the outcome will not be favorable. Not to mention there is a good chance its bad if it could land you in jail.

The effect that it will have on how people will perceive you is also an important consideration to mull over before making any decisions. You might end up being the coworker that cannot be trusted and perhaps seen as disloyal. Either way giving in to the temptation of doing something that can be considered as unethical or not, is a decision that should not be made lightly.

And remember: If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. (Couldn't help adding that in)