Membership Escapee Gifts

'The only time I ever worked up a sweat in there was just then, when I tried to cancel my membership!'

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

Tired executive going into gym coming out gleaming

"If I've got to work for a tyrant . . . I may as well work for myself."

'Do you have to be so melodramatic?'

'Is your verdict unanimous?'

'On to the office again?' - 'No, my pro.'

"At last - no Trump."

Elevator/Open Range

Life is simpler in the sticks.

"Keep in mind that it was put there by the sharks."

"Let me guess. You had it up to here with the world of business, so you packed it all in and started your own winery."

"I wanted a balloon puppy, not a balloon vision of my sad corporate future."

Worker escapes his cubicle by climbing a beanstalk.

"Goodbye prison, hello 24/7 work culture!"

"When I said you could have a summer vacation I didn't mean the whole summer."

"So this is hell? It looks just like my old cubicle."

Write "Brenda' but use disappearing ink

Stress Prison - The fictional jail you imagine being sent to so you can catch up with Netflix and reading.

"And, little by little, over the next ten minutes, he was able to dig his way to freedom."

'What do you mean you lost the keys?'

"You and your lists! You're missing out on life."

Senior executive holding guitar hitchiking on open road in desert landscape.

"I was in corporate sales for years but then I realized, I'm a gatherer not a hunter."

"I've had to leave the city: the noise pollution was making it difficult for me to fly safely..."

What have you been reading so intensely? A fast-paced thriller called Hooked. I love getting caught up in a book. I love the feeling of being lost in a world. In particular, I love escaping to someplace where you do not exist at all. This is an odd sort of book review. With a good book, I am free from you for hours.

Parents happy that student has dropped out of university.

"Hi, J.B. Guess where I am."

Desert Island Inmate

'Having a lot of underlings doesn't make you an overling!'

Bank Student Loan Dept. You're only repaying a small fraction of your student loans? Yeah, because at this point I've forgotten almost everything I learned in college.

A dramatic moment in the attempt to introduce mid-level management to the wild.

Hi, dear, I'm working from work today.

'Yes, I'm retired but my former coworkers keep calling to find out who they should kiss up to.'

'Sorry Darling, I'll be late home: There's a strong head wind...'