Change Resister Gifts

"I've worked here for thirty years..."

'I'm holding my breath to avoid change.'

He tried to hold back the blades of change.

Larry hadn't measured himself against real market needs for many years - and wasn't about to start now.

Willingness to move Comfort & Security A = Why forced change is upsetting

Hate Platforms

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

"It's about the murder of an editor who refuses to publish a writer's work..."

"C’mon, Sara. Like you wouldn’t consider – even for a second – accepting an iPhone from the devil."

'Thank God, no tasers in my day!'

"Okay, the market took a dive. No reason to panic, Mr. Spielman."

'He wants a system with lots of memory,but without a mouse.'

'I remember my pin but I've forgotten my signature!'

"Damn change and newfangled ideas...if mindless back breaking work was good enough for my ancestors it's good enough for ME!"

I brought your coffee and a list of new things about the world you're going to have to learn to accept

'Miss Wayson, find out who put this computer on my desk and tell them to get it the hell out of here!'

"Honestly, Kate—can you picture us in a shopping mall?"

'You go ahead. We'll rejoin you when you start using new technology.'

'If we eat all the snowflakes, Dad won't have to shovel the driveway.'

"Marketing with social media is a fad. I know what I'm talking about, baby."

'Those are the rules, Mr. Payne. You can be a conscientious objector to war, but not to taxes!'

Trying to Prevent the Downturn.

Workout motivation.

'All this talk of ABS's and old style MDP's is causing a lot of stress...The partners don't take kindly to change... He still hasn't recovered from us moving his desk nearer to the door!'

'We can't keep up with technology because we don't like change. That's one reason we've been married for 25 years.'

Federal Department of Self-Justification

'I used to be considered a cog in their wheel but now I'm thought of as a glitch in their computer software.'

"I haven't sunk my teeth into a mailman's butt in months. I hate e-mail."

Imprisoned corporate executive not ready to sign onto the new company mission statement. ('No way. I like the old one.')

'It's too bad they don't give a grade for courage. You'd get an 'A' for bringing this thing home.'

'All these changes - why can't everything stay the same!?'

"I'm old school. I still like to yell, 'Stay off my lawn' rather than text it."

"Clubs, clothes, and now fire? I'm feeling overwhelmed with the current pace of technological change."