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."

So which rung are you on my corporate ladder?

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.'

The Corporate Ladder and the Corporate Elevator.

'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."

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

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

"The boss can see you now."

Man suffering from rope burn due to climbing the corporate ladder

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

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

'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?"

Texturing the Walls

Building business relations.

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

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

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

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

'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!'

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

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

'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."