Organizational Observer Gifts

'He's free range.'

"What we need in this organisation is more personal contact."

You are here.

'How dare they make these kind of suggestions?!'

'I suppose it was a blessing. Toward the end he was finding it very difficult to remain competitive.'

Bob is worried about violating the chain of command.

No matter where he worked, Frank always found himself six cubicles of separation removed from the fun crowd.

Babushka

'I miss telling people they can't have a day off to be with their sick children!'

'This doesn't look good.'

"At our company everything is based on trust. You can trust that you can trust no one."

Please do not feed the middle management.

"To give him credit...normally I think these staff 'consultations' are a complete waste of time...but he's been in his office all morning working on our ideas."

'Chicken Farms - Pecking Order'

Can't put a face on him

C'mon, Bob, the associate chases the manager's tail, the manager chases the VP's tail, and the VP chases my tail for me – You know how this works.

He used to pass the buck, since being promoted to management he gets to call it delegating authority.

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

"Now, were those friends of your Gettys or Gottis?"

'OK, the old one's in my right hand, the donor's in my left. Rght?'

"If I 'HAD IT ALL' it would it be enough?"

Glance Exchange

"I like to sit facing the room to see if anyone seated after us gets served before us."

Manufacturing will take place in China...So what role does Europe have?...you borrow money to be the customer

'As I see it, our choices are 'no' and 'hell no'.'

The opera - 'Please, sir, give us your ticket, if you ain;t a-goin' in again.'

Nature is going crazy! Extremely hot summers, tornadoes, floods. . .and now Frank comes home sober on a Friday evening at 10 PM!

'Whatever it is, you've got it bad and that ain't good.'

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

"What are you doing?"

You're right, boss, there may be too much idle chit-chat, but let me talk it over with my friends.

"Harold, stop sucking in your stomach when the girls walk by. You're going to hurt yourself."

'Hey, this guy's been operated on before!'

The Exhibition at the Royal Academy

"I pick up on people's pain, Alexander. What's wrong?"