Overworked Medics Gifts

"Look! A dying brain cell! Maybe we should help!...."

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

'I'll be late for dinner, dear, I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

'Can you do more work then is humanly possible?'

'Don't worry about the company's pension plan. The way we work you, you'll be lucky to live that long!'

Your Work/Life Balance Is Off. Shall I Auto-Correct?

'Who wants to work late again, raise your hands.'

Stressed employee says to colleague: 'I think I'm on top of the situation and I hope I'm in the loop, but I can't seem to get ahead of the curve.'

"Look, I'm dying. Gotta go."

'What do you mean...You feel uncomfortable asking for time off?'

"JB wears many hats. He just can't delegate"

"I can give you a little bit of focus on 2:53 next Thursday."

"The principal has sat in on so many of my classes, I'm thinking of giving him the exam."

"Planning, who's got time for planning... I don't even have time to get dressed in the morning."

Man running from desk: 'I can't seem to get away from my work lately.'

Locum GP's to be paid for extra work on the BMA agreement

"Every summer I regret having used up all my vacation days in January."

'The boss is taking me along for a working vacation. I'll be doing his work while he has fun.'

"When they said the NHS was 'from the cradle to the grave' I didn't think they meant we couldn't retire until we were 108..."

'I'm working about 85 cups of coffee a week. Why do you ask?'

"And this is another economic indicator."

"This is all I have time for now, dear...the knight slays the dragon and marries the princess. For more detail go to www.fairytale.net."

Burn out

"Dunhomin"

'Here Coco. It's another prescription for laughter to be filled.'

"I hate doing appraisals, it involves thinking about them."

"I don't know what's so funny. All I asked was whether this was their only flight today."

Working Vacation.

Maternity Ward - Push Hard.

'I was married to my job, until I recognized it as a co-dependent relationship.'

Humanitarian Medical Work

"She has perfected her micro-nap to look as though she is thinking."

"Well, nothing shows up on the tests. Your headaches are probably just stress related."

"I was desperate, dear. I had to find a way to teach and do all my required publishing."

Sharks of the World,number 3: The Grey Nurse - A Grey Nurse Shark wearing a Nurse's uniform.