Family Business Involvement Gifts

'We HAVE to sack him.' 'But not at CHRISTMAS.' 'Why so sentimental all of a sudden?' 'He's my son.'

'Well, now that I know he's the owner's son, yes, he's the best damned wine steward I've ever seen.'

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

"And this is my junior partner, my son, Ira."

John W. Law., John W. Law Jr., Robert Law, Janet Law, Attorneys at Law

'In the interest of spending more time with my children, I've put Bobby and Emily in charge of corporate strategy.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

Tree's Tree Nursery. Get this. Dad is selling those goofy upside-down tomato planters. What idiot would buy them? Thanks! I'll let you know how it works! My idiotic bio teacher.

"You work for the family business, and I am your father, not the patriarchal oppressor..."

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"This is what happens when a family business doesn't have a succession plan!"

"No, Dad. All this belongs to me right now. I acquired it in a hostile takeover."

"...and remember son. Don't let anybody push you around!"

"Year after year we sit here quietly raising eyebrows, son."

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.

'Someday, son...all this will be Mine.'

'Someday, Son, this will all be your problem.'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

'Of course, we're family-owned & operated in India.'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'My son decided to join the firm. You have six months to shape him into executive timber.'

"This is a family operation, Ben, and we're evicting you from our family."

'Someday, Son, all of this will be yo....!'

Future Micro MGR.

"Clean your specs, lady?"

'Someday, son, all this will be yours...' 'In the meantime...'

"Now pay attention when mother is speaking, Hubert!"

'There's no need for you to state your opinion, son. Just lipsynching mine will do fine.'

"We don't know the meaning of the word nepotism in my firm. My son over there will back me up on that."

"I brought you up here today, son, because I wanted you to get a feel for the scope of this damned thing."

Mom's The Boss