Ladder Runner Mugs

'Remember to be nice to people on your way up. You might need them to do hard time for you later.'

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."

'I've stepped on so many people for the last 20 years to get where I'm at, and I'm still only a middle manager.'

"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.'

Man suffering from rope burn due to climbing the corporate ladder

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

"The boss can see you now."

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

'Remember - Reilly's Chairman of the Board, but Henderson's the Alpha male.'

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

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

Building business relations.

Texturing the Walls

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

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

'Here you are, Simmons!'

'I'm moving up to be Chairperson of the Board. One of you will be President.'

"I'm beginning to think they replaced the ladder of success with a greased pole."

Ladder of Success.

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

Planting a Flag on the Summit

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

"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!"

"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."

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

Painting

Wallpapering with Nails

"I hope it indicates a quick promotion."