Ladder Luminary Gifts

The Hobby Store

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

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

Man suffering from rope burn due to climbing the corporate ladder

"The boss can see you now."

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

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

"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."

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

Texturing the Walls

Building business relations.

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

'Here you are, Simmons!'

Ladder of Success.

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

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

"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."

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

"Why do people think using big words is a bad thing?"

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

Planting a Flag on the Summit

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

"I hope it indicates a quick promotion."

Painting

'That's our corporate ladder.'

Wallpapering with Nails

YOU ARE HERE

"I hear you've got friends in high places...?"

"Think about it. Maybe it's a good thing the boss doesn't know your name."