Bureaucratic Satire Fan Prints

Mr Pickwick and Sam in the Attorney's Office

Quality Control

'Germaine, what did you do with my desk?'

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

"It's okay to be ambitious but do you dare to pee on my tree, Jackson!"

Government Offices / In tray, No Exit tray.

'Not a word to Alfred, but the spare bedroom is worth losing the fourteen pounds!'

"You haven't been laid off because you're the designated scapegoat."

'You say you're willing to start at the bottom...'

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

'Stevens, get in here. I need a few minutes with the left side of your brain.'

"Of course I believe in diversity. Harlan, here, is an endangered species."

I kicked him upstairs to Diaz, Diaz kicked him over to Fennelson, and Fennelson evidently kicked him out the window.

"What are your other qualifications besides 'my daddy owns the company'?"

"Other folks have to pay taxes, too, Mr. Herndon, so would you please spare us the dramatics!"

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

'Well, this is a new low - even for you.'

"OSHA is going to hear about this!"

'hard work and more hard work got me where I am today...Not my hard work of course.'

Why the discovery of the New World took longer than expected.

"You're the type who'll make me prove every claim I make."

"Was 'delegation' the only thing you learnt on that management course?"

"You can't say that to a customer!"

"Well yes, you're a worker, but I think we can both agree that you're not a hard worker now, can't we?"

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

"It's a map to the vending machines."

R. Gelfin - The buck stops here, then gets buried in his pile.

a crash-test dummy is performing some affirmations before going to work

"Anderson, we'd like to talk to you about your stand-offish attitude.'

'We're not hiring. The company is just giving me some experience conducting interviews.'

"Here a Goldstein and Company, if at first you don't succeed, you're fired!"

"At least we no longer have the pressure of handling so much money."

'All of your previous employers said you are very loyal.'

'That must be the guy from corporate.'