This is the second book by J. Sgrijvers, the author of the acclaimed bestseller “How to Be a Rat.” This essay is about you and me. Monday morning - we feel the tension gripping us. Why does a lump come to my throat just thinking about work? This is Monday syndrome. It signals that many people these days are experiencing discomfort associated with work. The author, in his unique and vibrant manner, creates a gallery of portraits of colleagues and bosses, including envious bitches, machos, drunkards, freeloaders, and reformers. He tells us how they get into our brains and cause this Monday syndrome; shows how we become dependent on their emotions, the insatiable desire for money, the desire to get inside everyone, as well as the tenacity with which they protect their chair or their department from everyone and everything. The book is a means of protection from those moments when unpleasant aspects of life come at you or come towards you. Addressed to all workers and their loved ones.