Agenda Dodger Gifts

"We're bears you fool, we don't need agendas!"

"It's been moved that we adjourn for an afternoon nap. Is there a second?"

'Today is the tomorrow I feared yesterday. . .'

'Don't worry about the company's pension plan. The way we work you, you'll be lucky to live that long!'

"Bill's a little upset. The boss just chewed him out."

"Summarise all that's been said. I wasn't listening."

"I can hardly wait...TWO WHOLE weeks without having to deal with mindless e-mails, incessant interruptions, boring meetings...."

"Hope you weren't planning on leaving early."

Fear of news.

A breakthrough in the morning meeting

"I don't know what I'm going to do...my presentation is due on Monday and I haven't even started...I'm not sure I know how to speak."

Executive Asks Death To Wait

"We missed the meeting, but there might be a couple of the little muffins left."

"The meeting was canceled after an outbreak of contagious yawning!"

'Miss Fenwick - I don't want to see anyone today!'

The four housemen of procrastination

A deadline comes to chew up a worker.

The Graveyard of Past Deadlines

'We'll talk later, Ed, but for now we have a quick and dirty solution to your objections.'

An Introvert's Guide to Surviving a Party

'What do you mean we can't finish on time? Do you want history to say that Rome wasn't built in a day?'

",,,and what's more Pearson, it hasn�t gone unnoticed that you're not meeting deadlines"

In the Fever Cubicle

"You've seen Grace under pressure. Here's Grace after the pressure is off."

"Any yet he's always on my case."

Deadlines, kill fees. Who comes up with these terms?

'It's come to my attention that you're becoming a bit of a clock watcher.'

"What's ticking away in your filing system?"

"I'm listing my deadlines by due date so I can miss them in chronological order."

Gentlemen, I'm off to join the circus

Yeah, yeah, yeah - tell my editor the fables are almost done, and she'll have them as soon as

Jenkins won't be here today. He just called in healthy.

"That's just my agent - pay him no heed."

'You have three days left to finish this project!' 'I'll take Halloween, thanksgiving and Christmas!'

'Boss, I DID seize the day, but it wouldn't hold still.'