Ladder Aficionado Mugs

'He wanted to buy the ladder, but he didn't have enough money and I said no problem, pay tomorrow!'

The undisputed king of stepladder salesman.

'Dang, Just my luck!'

'Weeeeeeee!!'

The Ladder

Planting a Flag on the Summit

"Well, ordinary men have colleagues. Successful men have victims."

Businessman on stilts: 'I had to step over a lot of people to get where I am today.'

'He got a raise but not enough to help him clear the fence.'

'I can't believe I didn't get that promotion. So many people have passed me by I feel like a road sign on the highway to success.'

Upward Progress

"That arrow always goes to the bottom when I walk by."

Man suffering from rope burn due to climbing the corporate ladder

Lift buttons read: East Side/West Side/All Around the Town.

"The boss can see you now."

'You're going to have to work your way up to the ground floor like everyone else.'

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!"

"Today we are going to find out if you can that leap."

'I'm afraid that the top investment banks are looking for more from job applicants than a 'Top Degree from the University of Hard Knocks'.'

"Look , Malcolm, I get it that you're ambitious. But can't you put that damn thing down just for a minute?"

"I've finally arrived. The C.E.O. stopped saying 'who the hell are you' whenever he sees me."

'I refuse to relinquish the title, 'Top Young Exec'.'

Texturing the Walls

"Why do you always assume I'm going down?"

Building business relations.

If a moo can rise to the top, so can I.

'Here you are, Simmons!'

Ladder of Success.

'Let me guess - you lost a fight against a young challenger who has now replaced you as the company's alpha male!'

'Don't worry, the first 30 years of being a painter are the hardest.'

"The itsy-bitsy spider went up the corporate ladder. And he didn't care how many lives he ruined along the way. I know, this isn't the book Simon & Schuster wants. But it's the damn truth."

"Yes, I'm sure you do deserve further career advancement. But if I promote you again you'll have my job!"

"Remember when everyone told you this job would lead you nowhere? Well, you've arrived!"

"Mrs. Beasley, send the employees a memo stating that, from now on, they are to refer to me as 'Alpha Male'."

'I'm playing 18 floors.'