Inefficient Solution Seeker Gifts

"Instead of filling in all the pot holes, it’d be easier to lower the rest of the road."

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

"They're having a fight over how best to handle client conflict."

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

"What do you want to talk about first...the kleptomania or the hoarding?"

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

'Please put that confusing mess of documents, files and folders where it belongs...in your computer.'

"Listen to this: 'Technology reduces the time we spend on a given task, but increases the number of tasks we're expected to do.' Sounds like a no-win situation to me!"

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

"Our new information management system has just worked out where we wasted most money last year. . . It was on the new information management system."

"I like this Carl, you've come up with more solutions than we have problems."

'Come on, Walter, you're wasting out time! Stop using complete sentences!'

'See here, Flanigan ? what's this I hear about you going over my head to the computer?'

"Nobody wants to merge with us."

'Think tank' and 'Rethink tank'.

"The problem with your reasoned solutions is they don't fit my preconceived notions of the problems."

"Well, you said you wanted something to remove spiders from the bath!"

'This isn't the meeting. This is the pre-premeeting to talk about when to meet and plan the meeting.'

'I have nobody else to blame but myself so we need to brainstorm.'

'You must stop feeding him fish oils to make him cleverer.'

'Let it go. Get on with your death.'

The Big Idea vs The Small Change

The new electronic system is efficient, but the garage had to sacrifice parking spaces for it.

"Hey, it's me. I just sent you a text message responding to your e-mail saying that I should IM you."

'What if this time, more heads has made us more stupid?'

'Sometimes it's not a very good idea to be indecisive.'

"I'd prefer a win-win solution – but I'm open to just a win."

'Good news, Perkins! We're finally getting an automatic postage machine!'

Low hanging fruit

I don't consider it "multitasking" when you have to do the same task over and over to get it right!

My resolution this year? Getting in shape so I can lift my favorite snacks!

'Unfortunately we're approaching the expiration dates on most of our quick-fix solutions.'

'Well, we've divided an elegant solution. Do we have any elegant problems?'

Air Pollution Agency - 'Tell them I have the solution to most of their problems.'

"What did we throw at our problems before we had Money?"