Paperwork Afficionado Gifts

Woman going through files being grabbed by weird creature in X Files.

'Apparently, Smith's desk just couldn't withstand the weight of the paperwork we piled on his desk.'

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

"We need to do something about excessive admin. I want you to fill out one of these forms every time you think you're doing some."

Inout baskets.

'Thanks to the huge bonus, I find myself forced to admire you.'

"It's about the murder of an editor who refuses to publish a writer's work..."

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

Government Offices / In tray, No Exit tray.

(No caption. Signs on file cabinets drawers read, "Files Saved to Hard Drive," "Files Saved to Disk," "Files Saved to Traveldrive," "Trash.")

Stationery Shop

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

'Is there such a thing as over communicating?'

"We feel you're over analyzing things a bit too much."

'Miss Pringle, I run a tight ship! What is this piece of paper doing on my desk?'

'In,' 'Out' and 'Organize.'

'What does L.B.W. mean?'

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

"It drives me MAD when people act as though we've nothing to do except write moronic memorandum."

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

'OK, who moved the photocopier?'

He waited for the next wave of regulations to arrive.

Cut out and keep your own Jane Austen.

Deadlines, Inc.

"Not succinct or to the point Ambrose...just how we like it!"

'Making staff get a sick note after one day is essential if we're to make the whole system work more efficiently!'

Fenton always makes a backup hard copy of his mental notes.

Welcome Bureaucrats! (Convention of bureaucrats).

Man with desk organizers labelled 'Wheeling' and 'Dealing'.

'Sorry to trouble you , sir , but did you remember to sign my expenses ?'

Caveman applying wallpaper cave paintings

'I got confused by the news system so filed everything under 'M' for miscellaneous!'

Federal Bureau of Bureaucrats: 'Regulation - the mother's milk of politics!'

'Hang on a minute! We forgot to write down that check number in the giant register...'

'She files things on a biblical basis. Seek and ye shall find.'