Financial Secretary Gifts

'Financial secretary gone 'round the bend, or Odalisque with Balance sheet, that is the question.'

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

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

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

"Yes Sir, I'm still working on the 'ins and outs' of their proposal."

"I’ve combined all your outstanding debt into what we here in the banking business like to call a honkin’ big loan."

I hope a starting salary of 80 and a severance of 12 is acceptable....

Copycats

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

'Ok, I'm in a paperwork mood. Let 'er rip.'

'The BOSS sent me down to help rebuild your faith.'

Desk trays - 'in', 'out', and 'one of these days'.

"If nothing else needs welding, Paula, I'm going to lunch."

'Joe took the day off to go to the ball game. So I'll be sitting in for him until he gets back. Would you like me to fetch you something?'

Out and In.

Storm in the out tray

"I'm sorry, Ms. Cole is busy balancing family and career. Can I take a message and have her call you back?"

'Call for you on the cream corn line.'

37 years in the same position.

'T.M.I.F.'

'Apparently, Smith's desk just couldn't withstand the weight of the paperwork we piled on his desk.'

Here and There Trays

"Ok, do we agree the minutes of the last meeting?"

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

'Salaries Manager. No.'

"Morning, all!"

Someone who knows apostrophes

40 Days without an on-the-job conversation.

'What happened to that efficiency report? I had it in my hand not two minutes ago.'

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

'Germaine, what did you do with my desk?'

'Today is the tomorrow I feared yesterday. . .'

'Who folded the annual report into a paper airplane?'

"Mr Frimley will see you now."