Ambitious Climber Mugs

'Being passed over for a promotion is always a painful experience. It's like having a stake driven through your wallet.'

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

'You could be a constant inspiration for us to come up with a plan to get a leg up on our competition...you're hired!'

"Oh, yes, and there's plenty of opportunity for advancement."

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."

Indoor Climbing Centre for Cats.

'I'll make my final decision on that promotion of yours, after this game.'

Looks like another day in which. . . I have to run the world, the country, the business and the household!!!

'He got a raise but not enough to help him clear the fence.'

"So, I see you have a background in advertising..."

I'm going to practice on you before I start managing other people.

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

"Well the good news is that after the reorganisation you'll be leading the team."

"Make a lot of money."

The best financial decision I ever made.

"My report to the board was perfect. They did not understand a word of it and now think I'm smarter than them."

'I've already been recruited by one of the top fast-food chains in the country!'

I'm a self-made man!

"Been following me around all morning. I think it's the new intern."

'Congratulations on breaking through the glass ceiling of the company downstairs. However, I will be sending you a repair bill.'

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

Good Luck!

What else is there to wish for?

Resourceful toddler

And here's the office floor plan. The numbers indicate the recommended sequence in which to step on people on your way to the top.

"Work hard, make the sacrifices and in 25 years you could be just like me!"

"Dave, could you hold on a sec while I take care of some personal business?"

'...we have every new employee spend time on our assembly line. Eight hours, no breaks.'

"The only hobby we tolerate is working on weekends."

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

Work Slave

A woman wearing a skin sitting behind a desk with a nameplate that reads "Sheena, Queen of the corporate jungle."

"Your resume says that you've got your Ph.D., your M.B.A. and that you've worked as a C.F.O. and C.E.O. but that your most important title and position has been M.O.M.?"