Hierarchy Hack Mugs

Executive Bathroom

'Manager. . . Commander. . . Chieftain. . . King!'

"The boss can see you now."

"Back when I was your age the only way to get a promotion was kissing butt."

'I think it's time to rein in Henderson.'

"It's my intelligence, talent and hard work that have got me to the top."

"O.K., if you put it that way."

'Here you are, Simmons!'

"It looks like we're reorganizing again."

STRIP *Community Care * 'client empowerment' policy

'I know that you think you should be the President of this company, Your Majesty. But, you'll just have to work your way up, like I did!'

"well I'll be - you are the boss of me."

"The quicksand was corporate's idea. I wanted to fire you for going over my head. They wanted to send a message."

"Sorry, Pete, but Bill is now my 'go-to' guy. Until further notice, you're my 'anybody-but' guy."

'Oh, really? I work for little softy.'

'You are here.'

'No wonder we're losing money! --This organizational chart is upside down!'

"Fenwick asks the questions other executive staff won't dare."

You are here.

'Congratulations, Backstrom, I'm moving you up in the company food chain.'

"You say priorities, I hear suggestions."

'We've got trouble, Henderson - Your people got with my people and decided they didn't need us.'

"You're nobody's fool but you're not too smart for you own good, either."

'They're always going on and on about 'carrying management' so this seemed like a natural...'

"Brodkin, now that the economy is creating jobs at a faster than expected clip, why don't you go out and find yourself one?"

"It means, Thank Goodness I'm Boss."

'We harbour few illusions here at Megatron Inc.'

The company lawyer's self-image vs the boss's self-image.

'We're presently entangled in a power struggle.'

'That's Fred, the new hire. He's one of those corporate renaissance types who erases organization-chart boundaries wherever he goes!'

Age 42: Still stuck at the children's table.

"Shouldn't be long before we're at the top."

Hunter-Gatherer, Agriculture, Services, Tech. . . Job-Hunter-Gatherer.

'If you're a public servant, what does that make ME?'

"Watch what you say, Jenkins. It's but a short step from insolent to insolvent."