Compassionate Leader Pillows

'We wanted to show a much more caring and sharing, less profit driven side of the corporation...'

Really? You're hiring me back to replace the robot you just replaced me with? I've had a change of heart, minion. It may be cheaper to automate my café. But it dawned on me that robots don't buy very many drinks. Plus, as much as I try to let the bottom line guide me, I am, deep down, a very compassionate man. I couldn't bear the thought of you being poor and miserable. Maybe he's not such a bad man. Plus, one accidental incineration of a customer and the authorities get all weird about it.

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

Licensed Therapist

'I'm a vegetarian.' - 'If it's so wrong to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?'

Prejudice/Empathy

Pet Shop - Parrot labeled as 'Good Listener'

"We'll less than two metres again, don't know where, don't know when..."

"I pick up on people's pain, Alexander. What's wrong?"

"Don't judge me until you've walked a mile on my medication."

"No, those people aren't anorexic. Those people are starving."

Number of Overdoses in U.S. Continues to Incease

"I feel your pain...At home in Europe I also work 14 hours a day in my factory..."

'I'm freezing...The rich list is a little thin this year.'

"I've found my voice, Penny. It's deep, wise, and compassionate."

No safe haven

Harvey before and after.

Immigrating to the City

'Apart from illiteracy, low self esteem, homelessness, poverty and a broken home. I can't find any reason for his offending behaviour!'

"Luckily the days are long gone when we just labeled people as "mad"'

"Oh, hello darling..."

'Mr. Willinston, whose depression has been giving him a fit lately, will see you now.'

"Unbelievable! Why isn't anybody doing something against the awful dog poverty?"

Children alone in the border with the USA

'It's such a nice day. Why don't you go outside and tease another girl until she develops an eating disorder.'

Beaten up man to Good Samaritan: 'Thank you. My insurance doesn't cover roadside service.'

'Management is all about 'empathy', about developing positive, supportive and healthy relationships with colleagues and staff... and if you can't get that through your thick skull then you'll be as useless as you look!'

Africa

The Minor Issue

"Is it just me or does the price of the milk of human kindness keep going up?"

"How do you expect me to have empathy for the poor and walk in your shoes when your shoes when you're not wearing any."

'Believe me, Luci, it's hard being a boss! You want to be everyone's friend...but you can't...I wonder what you'll be when you grow up...'

'Your x-ray shows an enlarged heart. It's nothing to worry about. All teachers have a big heart.'

"I've got a patient who needs to chat to someone. . . Have you got anyone who's completed the 'verbal communication with patients in a personal, supportive but not disempowering' course?"

'It's outrageous to be labelling people 'bonkers' in this day and age...put this one on instead.'