Doctor's Office Dweller Gifts

Receptionist to patients in waiting room: 'The doctor will be with you tomorrow as he believes that time heals all wounds.'

"I thought I'd give Western medicine one more chance."

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

'I'll be late for dinner, dear. I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

Things-to-do-today: Daily workboxes piled up on desk.

'I just don't feel I'm getting anywhere.'

City Boy.

In case of emergency, break glass.

''A desk job.' That's what they called it at the interview.' 'Same here.' 'SHH!'

'It's your husband. The baby won't burp for him.'

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

"It was Saturday night. The clock on my office wall showed the time to be eleven-forty-five. There are times when a private eye does not necessarily feel like being a private eye. This was one of those times. The elevator door down the hall clanked open with a clank familiar to anyone on the fourth floor who had had an office on the fourth floor for as long as I had had an office on the fourth floor. Footsteps came down the darkened hall and stopped outside my door. They were the footsteps of a

'Don't worry about the company's pension plan. The way we work you, you'll be lucky to live that long!'

"This is Mr. Harrington, our mortgage nerd."

"So, you want your owners to write you off and treat you more like their kid?"

"Working from home is a great idea, Dad. We'd just like to establish some kind of dress code."

Businessman at a bar mad to look like desk. Bartender says: 'The usual, Mr. B?'

"Quit your whining... Someday you'll appreciate affordable student housing."

'I've noticed that no matter how busy you are, you are never too busy to stop an talk about how busy you are.'

'Your wife called to remind you that you're married, sir.'

Full work boxes: 'IN and MORE IN'.

'Bring me the Wimbish report and a short worm, Ms Perkins, no time for lunch today.'

Platitudes for the hopelessly realistic. When life gives you lemons, get a gift receipt.

'We're looking for people who like to take work home.'

'Its your archeries'

The weightless office.

"New money, Bobby, is old money that got away."

Al, The Go-From Guy

"Word is that since we increased your case load, you've been living at the office."

'We were able to make a quick alliance together because of common insecurities.'

"Woof"

"That's our copy cat."

What goes up must come down, except for your cholesterol, apparently.

R. J. Willoby - Old Money, Old Technology, Member 'Good Old Boys Network'.

"I'm sure you do spend all your time here at the office, but could you please stop having your mail delivered here?"