File Fiasco Enthusiast Gifts

The Office Black Hole

'I hate toask again, but what is it I'm supposed to be looking for?'

"Oh dear, it seems your file has been routinely destroyed."

I've always wanted to quit while I was ahead but the opportunity never presented itself.

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

'It's only fair to warn you that if you get the job there would be a lot of filing involved.'

Research and Development: Now, Never.

(No caption. Signs on file cabinets drawers read, "Files Saved to Hard Drive," "Files Saved to Disk," "Files Saved to Traveldrive," "Trash.")

InIn by-products.

In - Out - Pending.

"Who's the idiot who filed Phil under F?"

''Surprise' starts with an 'S', Wilkins! You're in the wrong drawer again!'

"I don't consider a missing four million dollars to be 'monkeyshines'."

In/Out Tray.

'Does anyone know where we keep the unwritten rules?'

File Cabinets for Perfectionists

Human Resources Dept: Full time/part time/over time/time and a half/time out.

I've refiled all your letters under L.

In one ear/Out the other.

'The last Doctor to go into medical records has still not been found.'

Harvesting the folder crop in Manila

Filling Cabinet - "Why are all the letters different?"

"We remain reasonably confident that once we nail down the little network problem we're having, all Hell will be able to break loose according to the modified schedule, which, unfortunately, is in a file we can't seem to locate right now."

Dive in Archive.

'She files things on a biblical basis. Seek and ye shall find.'

'I got confused by the news system so filed everything under 'M' for miscellaneous!'

'Miscellaneous' and 'Non-Miscellaneous' trays

Doo inc..can and no can.

Trays 'IN' 'OUT' and 'Don't ask'

'I can't remember the title,but it was on a little white piece of paper.'

'And all these years I just thought you were very proficient.'

Files.

'Ms. Grimmett, I sort of liked the old filing system...in the file cabinets.'

Document Filing in the Post-Literate Era.