Office Optimists Mugs

'Wow! My first day on the job! Tell me, is this place as great a place to work as the recruiters told me it is?'

Profits are down, staff morale is in freefall and we haven't kept control of costs...but it's not all bad news..."

"Does this mean you want us to move our desks into the carpark again?"

"Martin seems to be happy here, but wait 'til he's been here a day."

"Gosh, I can't believe it's been over 25 years since our company was dragged, kicking and screaming, into the digital age!"

"In recognition of last month's little upward blip, I suggest we allow ourselves a spontaneous victory fist bump."

Weekday Morning Hell Bingo

That shows business confidence.

'Chocolate milk, carrot cake,candied yams...see, there's a solution to everything!'

Back to work...

"We need to do something about excessive admin. I want you to fill out one of these forms every time you think you're doing some."

'I had a thought. Let's scrap everything and start a new fiscal year right now.'

What the Thinker was thinking: 'I think I can...I think I can...'

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

Upward Progress

"Trust me, this is as weird for me as it is for you."

Six Thinking Hats

"I love your optimism."

Trays on desk read: In/Out/Lose in the Shuffle.

"I've learned something in this trial. My firm needs to hire that prosecutor."

"Since I am chairman, it behooves me to go first. 'What I Did Over My Summer Vacation,' by Wilson Rupert Hewes."

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

'I want to see more blue sky thinking.'

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

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

Sign - CAN DO "I like your attitude, Harris."

"I'm surprised, Caswell. I thought you were a happy camper."

'Look, dear, they offer cloud storage for optimistic economic projections...it's called Cloud 9.'

"I've got an office and I've got a window, but I wouldn't say I've got a window office."

"Dave, we need to talk about office props and work productivity."

"Miss Jenkins, e-mail the housekeeper. Her telecommuting days are over"

Doug reasoned that things could be worse...but just how much worse...he wasn't sure??

'No good deed goes unpunished around here.'

"Oh, don't mind us... We just want to make sure it's really dead."