Paper Maker Mugs

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

Once a tree, always a tree.

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

In basket-case.

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

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

Storm in the out tray

"Morning, all!"

'What happened to that efficiency report? I had it in my hand not two minutes ago.'

Food Chain, Inc: 'UP...DOWN'.

Where Indian ink came from.

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"

'You can come down a peg. Mesopotamia gave the world bureaucracy, you know.'

"Simplified application form? . . . This IS the simplified application form!"

'As far as clock watching goes, you take the biscuit.'

'On your marks. Get set. Go!' - 'Come on! Keep going! You can do it!' - 'Yay! You're 8 hours closer to the grave!' - 'Oh, God.'

'That's my 'job security' barometer.'

In - Out - Pending.

"I really start dragon around 3 o'clock."

Stationery Shop

Responsibility and duties

'My multi-tasking turned into faulty-tasking.'

"I thought that modern communications systems were meant to be more efficient...That they would cut down on waste and duplication."

Bureaucracy gone mad!

'Good new. . . we're moving you to a bigger desk!'

Bureau of the Damned

In and In Too Deep Desk Organizers.

"Just as I thought! You used our competitor's paper for your resume!"

Whelmed and Over-Whelmed

'Welcome aboard, Bob. Your job is to figure out what the hell happened here.'

-"Wife and kids?" -"No, a photo of a set of beautifully prepared accounts."

'OK, who moved the photocopier?'

'Once again, I fold.'

Work avalanche