Backlog Buster Mugs

"Instead of making any New Year's resolutions, why not concentrate on your backlog dating from 1995?

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

A female patient in an exam room sees a sign that reads, 'Break glass in case of physician burnout'

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

UK/US Free Trade Deal

Come in, minion. What's up, boss? I'm writing a novel. It's a thriller about an intrepid caf

"If we can just get beyond this 'I'm the boss' mentality and concentrate on a simple 'What I say goes' outlook, I think this will all work out."

"That report on corporate redundancy... I'd like it in triplicate."

Time for More Paperwork

Food Chain, Inc: 'UP...DOWN'.

It beached on a pile of plastic bottles, so they were able to just roll it back out.

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

'Going...Going...Gone! Sold to the lady with more money than sense.'

"It's a new target to target a time to reduce targets so that we'll be less target driven!"

'Yes, sir, what can I do for you?'

Moses holds up new federal regulation guidelines.

"Of course it's a stupid sign, but you wouldn't believe how much money it brings in for city hall!"

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

"‘Click’, you have reached the White House, press 1 for shameless groveling, 2 for presidential pardons, and please have your credit card details ready..."

"We should have taken the cubicles."

Budget Bureau. Ernie, spilling something from every food group on it, does not make it a "balanced" budget!

"I'll be honest... there are books by James Joyce that are easier to follow than these bad boys."

'I'm afraid I can't take you to my leader without a prior appointment.'

"Hey, honey, the credit card company increased our debt... I mean our credit limit!"

"These are just the guidelines, the forms are in the truck outside!"

"Do you have an appointment?"

"The admin shouldn’t take more than 30 or 40 hours, then you’ll be free to get on with some work."

'We decided the current system for reviewing corporation tax was too complex so we'll trial the 'think of a number and then double it' method.'

'This is a job for a consultant.'

'I think I found the bottleneck, Boss.'

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

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