Corporate Escapee Pillows

"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."

"You're the first person I've met who didn't become a pastry chef after suffering a nervous breakdown in a corporate job."

Senior executive holding guitar hitchiking on open road in desert landscape.

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

"He's just now passing beneath the triumphal arch."

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

'Yes, I'm retired but my former coworkers keep calling to find out who they should kiss up to.'

'Oh, I retired from the rat race years ago. Now it amuses me to deliver the cheese.'

'I used to work there, but I got tired of the same old run-around.'

Butterfly businessman

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

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

'We'd just like to get away from all leading economic indicators for a while.'

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

Tired executive going into gym coming out gleaming

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

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

I accepted an early retirement buy out and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

It was Wilbur's first vacation in 17 years.

Cut and Run

Imagine there's no office...

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

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

Ever thought of early retirement?

A businessman leaves a building carrying a surfboard

'On to the office again?' - 'No, my pro.'

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

worker sign: weeks to retirement changable 2078,

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

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

"I told you they had a tough interview process here."

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

'I started at the bottom, running mazes in the lab.'

'Good, I was hoping to catch you before you left.'

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