Dedicated Workaholic Mugs

'My life is finely balanced between my work and my work.'

What are they complaining about...the work is challenging,interesting, demanding...AND we let them do it for 80 hours a week.

'You're coming in early, working through lunch and leaving late. What are you up to?'

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

'What sort of mission statement is that?'

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

"I'm feeling completely wiped out."

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

'No, I'm not stranded. This is the only place I could find that has no distractions.'

"They've hiked up our targets again...I'm going to have to put in some overtime to have any chance of meeting them!"

"Yes, I saw the obituary. So, is that why you weren't in yesterday?"

Laptop Dancing.

"I am not a workaholic. I just work to relax."

Man running in a hamster wheel

'I want to empower you to fulfill your potential! If you can work 16 hours today, then your 20-hours shift tomorrow should really elevate your self-esteem'!

'When I took this job, I had no idea how much it would cut into my quality, family texting time.'

Workaholic's Hoilday Appartment

"When you've been here as long as I have, you'll start to burn out"

Computer monitor for a head.

'Would you all please congatulate...'

"National Metaphor Day by the looks of it."

"Look, I'm dying. Gotta go."

'I didn't come in to hear that I'm burning the candle at both ends. I came for more wax.'

Time Out For Teddy

"You say you’re currently holding down 3 jobs...very impressive."

'I'm thinking of cutting my hours down to 24/7."

'What - no internet? No USB ports? No socket for the coffee machine? No phone? Are you crazy? My husband was a very important CEO!'

"Don't open me, you fool!"

I have been working so hard I haven't gone to the gym in ages. You've been trying to make ends meet and forgot about the middle!

"I need to clone myself."

'This is just an informal pledge that we all go through.'

'Don't disturb me - I'm in conference!'

STRIP Hambone: Businessman in hospital with his computer