Corporate Snail Prints

Snail in suit with briefcases.

On his desk, a cat has an in box, out box and litter box.

In basket-case.

"Another job well done by your conflict resolution specialist."

"Now that I have everyone's attention..."

'AT&T? I'm letting you go. I'm down-sizing too!'

'The good news is I had a very good year.'

'The staff is being reduced. The exit strategy will be explained at a meeting to be held, after work, in the parking lot.'

'If corporate lawyers are a dime a dozen, where are the other ten?'

"On the plus side, I finally have a key to the executive washroom."

"Who's taking my order—the committee of the whole, or is there a liaison for decaf?"

'Upset at you for breaching the non-compete? Of course not.'

'One of the new targets is targeting which targets we're meant to target.'

"In the event of an actual S.E.C. investigation, legal representation will drop from the ceiling."

'I heard the Board was talking about kicking you, but I don't know if it's upstairs or out.'

'Recent studies in primate colonies suggest that organizational performance can be improved by replacing complicated financial incentives with bananas.'

'Everyone in the company wears one, Yomp! It's what keeps us focused!'

'We have a strict don't-ask-don't-tell policy for salaries.'

"We need volunteers for the car chasing fundraiser."

'Stop saying 'how high?' until I say 'jump'.'

'Bit of a staffing problem, Boss. We haven't got any left.'

We're cutting the forest in half, so I'm going to need you to make the oxygen of two trees.

"The numbers don't lie . . . but we do."

"Here comes a client I must speak to. Excuse me while I slip into some jargon."

"When the company announced that they're gonna move our retirement accounts down to Mexico, I was like '401 Que Pasa?'"

"You're a great team player - so we're trading you."

Water company bonus.

You can fool some of the people all of the time - "Send in some of the people, Dorothy."

"And I suppose you expect me to pick that up?"

"Sorry, we don't hire people with a history of whistle blowing."

"You need to stop taking your work home with you. Take mine instead."

'To cut back on traveling expenses, we're going to start sending you out as an e-mail attachment.'

'We're very proud of you, Jenkins. Keep up the good work.'

'I've collected my memos into one reasonably priced gift book.'

'When I said you could name your salary, I meant you could give it a name.'