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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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."

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

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

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

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

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

'I'm playing 18 floors.'

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

Clock watcher

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

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

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

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

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

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

A usual day.

"Tell me about the sunshine, George."

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

Politician back home

"Do you mind?"