Desk Duty Diva Mugs

Cleaner with nameplate next to Consultant Surgeon's desk.

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

Shake it all about sign on desk

"Just heading out for a good cry, care to join me?"

'ACE Heating and cooling' 'What's Hot' 'What Not'

"Memo to self - personalise new work-station."

Working 9 to 5.

Man in office on saddle: 'You heard right. I just got hired as a desk jockey.'

"I thought that modern communications systems were meant to be more efficient...That they would cut down on waste and duplication."

'I'll be a little late with those reports, sir -- my desk organizer crashed.'

In/Out/How did this end up on my desk?

'Sir, I've got a computer to avoid a giant mess but unfortunately I can't find the computer in this giant mess!'

"When you reach the bottom of the pile, you'll find this week's paycheck."

Desk bins: 'Whatnot,' 'Whatever,' and 'What now?'

'Your training will be the next five minutes watching my fingers move at the speed of light.'

"It's no good Charlie, I'm done for! You've got to go it alone, Charlie. You've got to go on and nail that presentation! Nail it for me!"

IN, More IN (man working at desk)

International House of Paperwork

"You know what they say...'The desk makes the man.'"

"You told me to make a desktop shortcut, so I did. Just take the shortcut I made through the mess."

'It's about your reports, Mittens. They're incomprehensible -- It's as if you walked across the keyboard, laid down and rolled over it a hundred times, then took a nap on it.'

Bomb disposal officer sits at desk near workboxes: IN/ ERT.

"People whinge about the irrelevance and duplication of paperwork, but if the forms aren't filled out how are we supposed to know how many forms have been completed?"

'I used to be a major player around here until I was side-lined by an ethics injury.'

'It's all right. I'm just a little behind.'

Still Here

'Great job! As your reward, you can have a cash bonus or go untethered for a week.'

"Did someone just shout 'sinkhole!!!'?"

The Hidden World of Desks

"The weight of all the paperwork made my desk fall through the floor. This might be a sign that I need to go paperless."

Inbox, Outbox, and Down & Out Box.

"It's his creative time."

'You're taking this desk dining a bit too far, Thomson...'

'Apparently you haven't heard, Hawkins, about things going paperless!'

The fax machine had stopped and they did not know why.