Office Nostalgists Mugs

King Commute - Return to work after Covid 19

A secretary at a desk with a nameplate the says Dot Com.

"I miss the old cubicles."

"I remember when this was all offices."

"Ooh look, the high street's evolved to survive!"

I remember when the only social networking site you could access at work was the water cooler!

"Mmm..I haven't worn this tie since the firms 1997 dinner and dance..."

"Harold's easing into retirement."

"Miss Coleman, would you step in here, please, and take a Martini."

"There are mysteries up here on the 13th floor. Like who keeps locking the exit door? Why is that clock always 12 minutes fast? And who actually eats the liverwurst sandwiches from that machine?"

"Dr. Jenkins was too cheap to buy a state-of-the-art EHR system so he bought this at a public library auction instead."

Very old fashioned computer.

'In every office there's always someone who didn't get the message.'

'Where's the autocorrect?'

"Reggie is retired, but he still goes to work to play the office sports pool."

"I'm old school. Pass me a handwritten note."

"It's so weird being back in the office."

"And here's where daddy used to work...before it became a museum.

Church in the year 2035.

'How come no one ever sends me a fax?'

"He doesn't seem to be accepting retirement too well."

"Whatever she wants, she gets. She's the only one who knows her way around a computerless office."

"After working at a desk for 40 years, Charlie never really wanted a man cave."

The demise of newspaper threw up some unexpected problems for laptops.

"Office life was less stressful in my day. I could slam down phones, break pencils in a rage, stomp around yelling with a cigar in my mouth...!"

'A flip chart presentation? How quaint.'

'We keep Amos around just in case the computers break down.'

'There wasn't much of a collection I'm afraid. Most of the people who really liked you are dead.'

"You misunderstood. I'm bequeathing you my Rolodex, not my Rolex."

Retail Store

"Oh, just playing back the highlights of my corporate career while the Chairman of the Board belts out 'I Did It My Way' on the psychic soundtrack."

"I liked it better when we went to the watercooler."

'I think I preferred the old office parties.'

Do you sell cell phones just for making calls?

"Don't trust anyone whose job was created after 1995."