Paper-pushing Enthusiast Pillows

'Of COURSE we're patient focussed and I've got the paperwork to prove it!'

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

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

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

Storm in the out tray

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

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

'One of the new targets is targeting which targets we're meant to target.'

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

Inout baskets.

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

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

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

'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.'

"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!'

Whelmed and Over-Whelmed

In and In Too Deep Desk Organizers.

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

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

Dog bringing paper and paper boy.

Bureau of the Damned

'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?'

Work avalanche

He waited for the next wave of regulations to arrive.

"It's a 670 page questionnaire on how to cut back on unnecessary bureaucracy!"

'I don't know what he's doing or why he's doing it, but by golly, I love his work ethic.'

Distractions: Work Disputes

'Of course I'd never fire you, Nelson. You've been working here for such a long time, you've become part of the furmiture!'

'Too long at his desk...we're going need surgery to cut him free.'