Overworked Wizards Gifts

'He's a tortured genius - I make damned sure of that.'

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

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.'

Work Slave

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

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

"We've waited twenty-five years to make this trip, and we're certainly not interested in getting there in any six and a half hours."

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

'He was always too busy to sit for his portrait.'

"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.'

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

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

Burn out

"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."

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

Working Vacation.

"I don’t understand why they aren’t happy, we give them challenging, demanding work and let them do it 80 hours a week!"

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

"For your information, officer, I was not ‘texting’ – I was reviewing candidate applications for fellowship grants!"

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

"The Procrastination World Championships were only a month away. He never trained so hard."

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

"Man! I just had to pull another all-dayer."

"I told my boss there weren't enough hours in my day. He said that's why they invented the night."

"Bad Bout of Corporate Angst."

"And when you finish curing all your patients we would like you to sort out climate change. . ."

Nurse Feels Guilty Working So Many Hours When So Many Are Unemployed

"When I told you to back things up, I meant your computer stuff, not your work flow."

'My secret of time management? I never take anyone off 'hold'.'

"He said something about being stressed out and not to wake him or he'd sue!!"

"It's not a nap if I'm sitting at my desk."

"If you're really disciplined, you can get through all the paperwork in a 50 hour week..."