Back To Work After Holiday Gifts

"Hi, I'm the new you."

'William, I've decided to go back to work so I can get a little rest during the day.'

"Guys, can you use your Mommy-doesn't-want-to-know-I-exist voices?"

Back to work...

"Wake up Thomas, it's not 2020. There's no Zoom camera to turn off to hide yourself."

"Oh, Mrs. Horris, he just said his first words..!"

Balancing work and family

"I'll go back to school if you go back to the office."

"I'm learning to live with existence."

'She's determined to combine a family and a career!'

"And so another trip comes to an end...with family brought closer together by a shared experience."

"How do we break it to them that work-from-home ends next week?"

Hand sanitizer

'How soon can I return to work? About fifteen minutes ago.'

Well, you and I know it's our home, but our 'smart home' doesn't know it's our home

"I take it this is your first interview since the start of lockdown?"

The Working Mum

"I'm so happy to be back in the workforce I'll never complain out loud again about Mondays."

"First day back at work. Don't forget to get some office stationery."

"Now, Mrs. Stevens, go to work, relax, and leave the social engineering to us."

The Horn of Unanswered Email

'I will never cease to be amazed at how deftly she balances the demands of career and family.'

"I'm back. My family didn't want to spend more time with me."

'Welcome back, Mary. How were the vacations?'

Mother racing to work for a company with day care and a health club.

"If someone hugs me my first day back, I'm going to just break into pieces."

'Mat leave's almost up...time for you to hunt.'

"You're on 'Ask Sadie.' What's your problem?!" "I want to go back to work." "But my son is still so young. I'd have to send him to preschool or day care. And then most of my salary would go to pay for that. So what should I do?" "You should do what we did in my day: Have six more kids and then let them all fend for themselves!" "If your eldest isn't a strong leader, it may get a little 'Lord of the Flies'-ish, but that builds character!" "...in the survivors."

"Home is where the WiFi is."

In-tray, Out-tray, While you were on holiday-tray

"The holidays are finished George, get over it!"

"We're not doing virtual meetings anymore, Stu."

'It's OK to take your work home with you. It's not OK to bring your home to work with you.'

"Here we use the email term 'out of the office', not 'away lazing on a Spanish beach, without a care in the world.'"

"The holiday was a real eye opener...the crowds,the unbearable heat and noise,the chaos...and that was just at Heathrow."