Paper Scruncher Mugs

"Those are the failed attempts at my first novel."

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

"Yes Sir, I'm still working on the 'ins and outs' of their proposal."

"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

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

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

"My career's in shreds, but on the bright side, so are my files."

"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.'

The Affordable Shredder

'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!'

Bureau of the Damned

Whelmed and Over-Whelmed

"I've heard of being organized, but isn't this a little obsessive compulsive?"

In and In Too Deep Desk Organizers.

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

'Yes, your papers seem to have lots of citations, but I've checked: They're all self-citations...'

"We do not usually acknowledge unsolicited manuscripts, but we want you to know that we tore yours into tiny pieces. Yours sincerely, The Op-Ed Page."

Work avalanche

'Bring me an in basket and an out basket and some paperwork to shuffle between them.'

'Sometimes I wonder what I's do without you!'

Girl on a giant pair of scissors.

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

'I always feel at the end of the day I could've taken credit for more.'

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

'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!'

"So from the top. If they need urgent help it's form AC/765c, criticl interventions are CV/U657's and..."

'What's my secret? I never left work last night.'