Multilingual Maven Mugs

Man and his translator stick out their tongues.

"How nice to be misunderstood in more than one language!"

'Who'd have guessed that it spelled something rude, in his language?'

"I wonder if A.I. will inevitably become as tired and depressed as we are."

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

'What amazes me most is that years ago I couldn't even spell teacher - now I are one!'

"Does anyone here have a clue what it is we used to get?"

"We went for Scandinavian interiors."

"And this is a $20,000 ‘meditation room’ — can you believe it?!!"

'Once, long ago, I thought I was wrong...but it turned out I was mistaken.'

"I don't have to be a team player, Crawford. I'm the team owner."

'I think it's time to rein in Henderson.'

'What can I do to create a climate where things get done?'

"Someone, call the office and see if we can get a fresh carrot."

Your Guide to Winning Movember

'Sorry to interrupt Dixon - but this is not what I meant when I said this company needed more blue-sky thinking!'

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

"First of all, let me commend everyone on the teamwork displayed on this icebreaker. Secondly, let me apologize for some of the motivational language I used during this session..."

Aftermath: Hostile Takeover,

Man carrying his boss.

'Sometimes, from time to time, occasionally I wish I'd never bought that ruddy thesaurus!'

"Despite years of management training john still found it difficult to give negative feedback."

The worker/the man who monitors the worker/the man who wrote the draft policy guidelines on how to monitor the man monitoring the worker.

'There's an absence of leadership in this authority,we need to explore the possibility of thinking about setting up a sub-committee to look into it.'

"Tell me more about your imposter syndrome."

'I shall now hand over to our guest speaker, management unit XT-56.'

"And here you see where we successfully concluded the merger to everyone's mutual benefit."

"What kind of crazy management scheme is this?"

"I need a pitchfork that's just a pitchfork."

Farmer's Market.

'Office of not much budget, and even less management! Yomp speaking!'

'The pound looks strong to day. Yes, against the Zambesi bean.'

"Ambitions . . . to replace mankind."

"May I remind you that my core worth as a human being remains constant, and isn't tied to external validation."