Admin Warrior Pillows

Report suggests social workers spend 60% of their time on admin - "Do you remember when all wehad to worry about was client care?"

"The practice nurse's assistant's assistant will see you now."

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

"Yes Sir, I'm still working on the 'ins and outs' of their proposal."

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

'Salaries Manager. No.'

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

Some days at work can be more challenging than others.

"Be careful what you wish for, Bob, because you just might get it. And if it happens to be what I was wishing for, things could get pretty ugly around here."

"We need to do something about excessive admin. I want you to fill out one of these forms every time you think you're doing some."

'You'll soon get the hang of it - then they'll change it.'

Stressed employee says to colleague: 'I think I'm on top of the situation and I hope I'm in the loop, but I can't seem to get ahead of the curve.'

'I hate Mondays.'

'Why are you arguing? The customer is always right, you know! 'But he called you a crook!'

The food chain is like a huge corporation, the only one who really enjoys it, is the guy at the top!

'Dog eat dog.'

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

'You say you type 80 words a minute ... Actually, that's not at all important...!'

"Hank brings five years of top sales experience to our team so lets try to make him feel welcome as he makes you all look bad."

'Of course, the toll on my personal life has been enormous.'

'I blame the nothing for something culture.'

Working 9 to 5.

Don't worry, the first thirty years working here are the hardest.

'Don't you try those cheap scare tactics with me, Rendleman!'

"I have an obligation to the stockholders, not the employees!"

"I intend to stay in this job, come Hell or high water."

Why am I running?

"All this namby pamby nonsense about stress...I've been stressed for YEARS and it's never done ME any harm... " "But you're only 25!"

"This is bad work, Edwards! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad!"

"And to think all these years you've worried about some boy wonder taking over your job."

'At least I don't have his life.'

Subordinate Employee

'The worst thing is not having access to your e-mail.'

'Sorry, I can't help you, the computer's down again.'