Bureaucracy Escape Artist Gifts

'My phone number, Social Security number and Zip Code, just to buy gum? They didn't ask me that many questions when I joined the army.'

Papers flying into the air.

"Clear my schedule for the next five minutes. I feel the need for some spontaneous frivolity."

Quality Control

'Hello? Missing Persons?'

"Hello, son. I suppose chicken farming doesn't seem so bad now."

'I want to claim for black marker pens.'

'What do you mean, you're tired of the rat race?'

"Just heading out for a good cry, care to join me?"

'The the President we've gone surfin', surfin' U,S,A,'

"The Ususal, Mr. B?"

Just don't let the old man get you down.

'...And they're giving us sixty million years to get in compliance.'

'I hear they're letting you go. Your family must have paid the ransom.'

It was Wilbur's first vacation in 17 years.

"'COST: shedloads, COMPLETION DATE: God knows.' Perhaps you'd care to flesh out some details for us."

Stress

"Quit daydreaming and get back to work."

That very night in Frank's office a forest grew.

'Welcome! Highly placed, unidentified administration spokespersons convention.'

Man running from desk: 'I can't seem to get away from my work lately.'

Cut and Run

Friday 5.30pm.

'I'd like to come home... if I could.'

Dreaming of Holidays.

Imagine there's no office...

'Something tells me asking him to delay his retirement may be futile.'

"I think it's important to have a hobby outside of work...mine is eating chocolate."

"I take it you're not heartbroken to be leaving the firm!"

"You have a valid social security number, a photo ID, and a credit score. As far as I'm concerned, you exist."

"Fielder, did you punch out?"

'... But of course, if there's something more interesting outside.'

'Harland has never been away from his Blackberry this long.'

"You're a bureaucrat, Ed. What do you mean you hate paperwork?"

'...I don't want people to get the impression that I'm so passionate about my work that I'll be taking it with me!...'