Hard Working Hero Gifts

"Yes, you do go the extra mile for this company. But you've been going in the wrong direction."

Businesswoman Empowerment

"They decided giving out pink slips was too impersonal. So now they're blue."

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

Two old superheroes on a park bench feeding the birds.

"You work too hard. You have stress balls!"

'Your resume is impressive, but next time try to shorten it from 100 pages to one.'

Stressed employee says to colleague: 'I think I'm on top of the situation and I hope I'm in the loop, but I can't seem to get ahead of the curve.'

'What do you mean...You feel uncomfortable asking for time off?'

'Sure, I'm a working mother - is there any other kind?'

Running Latte

'I feel like I'm in a rut, too!'

"Oh, go on Jeffrey. . . Give him an order!"

'I didn't realize we'd employed a cyber bully in you, Miss Tweedy.'

"Everyone has to do their share. . . I've always been known as a good worker. . . whew. . .Gotta keep going, no time to rest now."

'That's our corporate ladder.'

The Workaholics Building

"Fire one shot if you find a waterhole or two for a coffeeshop."

"You need to work on your self-esteem but you're probably too stupid for that as well."

"This is all I have time for now, dear...the knight slays the dragon and marries the princess. For more detail go to www.fairytale.net."

Bring It On!

'Nothing cements the relationship like the chance to get it in writing.'

'I don't like your attitude, Peterson, whatever it is.'

'I'm racing him in the 4.30.'

Union organizer in a hostile workplace. . .

'I got the job, Mom. You always said I'd make a living with my hands.'

"He's a loose cannon with nothing left to lose, but he's the best damn file clerk I've ever seen."

"This is my son...I want him to work his way up all the way from the bottom- even if it takes all day."

'We're not interested in how you work with people, just computers.'

"What's it like, working with your hands?"

"I was desperate, dear. I had to find a way to teach and do all my required publishing."

Industry and Idleness - The industrious apprentice performing the duty of a Christian.

"Man! I just had to pull another all-dayer."

'So to hit the training targets I have to arrange five days a year training for the staff that we haven't been able to recruit.'

"I shoveled 5 driveways and made $40."