Lab Escapist Gifts

"One minute they're in a nicotine deprivation experiment. Next minute they're gone."

"Ahhh... close enough."

Woman dreaming about being on vacation.

'Where would you recommend for a tech-free experience.'

'Sorry, but we're going out for dinner.'

'Relax, it's just like riding a rollercoaster.'

"Mum! - T.S. Eliot - 'Humankind cannot bear much reality'."

"Bill's a little upset. The boss just chewed him out."

"It's essential I go to work to avoid being with my family."

"What's the problem? We told you when you started you'd have to make some sacrifices."

'The vegetables sat in the crisper for hours...days...a whole week. Then suddenly, the drawer opened. A hand reached in, grabbed the kale, and all you could hear was the sound of...A Garbage disposal.'

Taking a little mental vacation can help as long as you don't go to mental.

Workaholic on holiday

I hate sitting in traffic jams. - 'Move it! I need to get work.' - 'I hate sitting at my desk.' -

Forms I cannot deal with / Forms I will not deal with

"Lisa, bring out the Alistair Cheng files and an iced mochaccino, if you will, please."

"How do you feel about working a four-day week?"

'Walter, stop fantasizing and get back to your desk.'

Whiskers realized he'd grown tired of the rat race.

'Welcome aboard, Bob. Your job is to figure out what the hell happened here.'

'I'm playing 18 floors.'

Next, I recall looking down at myself and thinking, God, what a drama queen.

Clock watcher

'Now, dear, I spent 35 years pretending to look busy. I can't just quit overnight!'

'Do you ever just feel like getting away from it all?'

"Where do you see yourself getting drunk in five years?"

"Then I wake up, the cheering has stopped, I have three kids, and I work in a cubicle."

'When I wake up, remind me to give you a few tips on how to make your presentations a little more dynamic.'

"You're in cubicle 1,962. If you get lost in there, I'll send a drone in to guide you."

Politician back home

"Do you mind?"

A usual day.

'Running away from the circus to join the world of accountancy isn't working out as I expected. . .'

'Hold my calls. I'm going out for a random walk.'

"Tell me about the sunshine, George."