Corporate Castaway Mugs

'At the moment, I'm in the overseas division.'

In basket-case.

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

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

"To summarize the year: we were taken over, we took over, we were taken over and we took over."

'You're developing a reputation as something of a cowboy, Henderson.'

'Did you get the hard copy from Mr. Dawson?'

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

"With this company, it's like 'Adventure Capital."

"I've just about had it with these corporate retreats!"

"If I've got to work for a tyrant . . . I may as well work for myself."

Aftermath: Hostile Takeover,

It was Wilbur's first vacation in 17 years.

Imagine there's no office...

'First, I want to apologize for calling this meeting on such short notice.'

Business Fishing.

'They aren't shy about cutting you out of the decision making process.'

"We were told we could find the Wells Fargo records here."

A businessman leaves a building carrying a surfboard

"Well, the first reactions to the terrible truth are anger and sadness, but now it's time to act like men!"

"Here - I've no use for spreadsheets where I'm going."

Ever thought of early retirement?

'I won't be taking any more calls today. I threw my phone out the window.'

"Let me guess. You had it up to here with the world of business, so you packed it all in and started your own winery."

"I took something for my headache. I took my boss to the airport."

Paradigm shifters company.

"I've thought of someone to blame."

"I wanted a balloon puppy, not a balloon vision of my sad corporate future."

'We admire your industriousness, Ken, but you're flooding Human Resources again!'

"These LARPERS are a bit more subtle and reality-based."

"When I said you could have a summer vacation I didn't mean the whole summer."

Computing in the Cloud

"The Company has drawn a line under me and moved on."

'Let me start off by saying this: I called you in here by mistake, and now I want you to leave.'

"Unfortunately, we lost the notes on this portion of our sales strategy."