Paperwork Postponers Gifts

Desk boxes: tomorrow, next week, never.

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

"Give a sh*t" "Don't give a sh*t"

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

Here and There Trays

"It's made entirely out of rejected resumes."

In many ways this is the perfect job! Out. Out.

'Pick a contract...any contract!'

Shake it all about sign on desk

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

'Fred's Office Supply? I'd like to order a dozen more desk bins and a step-ladder please.'

'The whole floor got together and came up with a few things you could work on.'

'Did you get the hard copy from Mr. Dawson?'

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

In, out, shake it all about.

Desk trays - 'In', 'Out', and 'It depends'.

Trays on desk read: In/Out/Lose in the Shuffle.

"Why, if it isn't Henshaw caught in the Overtime Warp again."

"I was just finishing up some spring cleaning."

'I can explain the Theory of Relativity, but I can't figure out which is the best Medicare Plan.'

Bureau to cut back on bureaucratic paperwork...

"File!"

In/Out Tray.

Three work boxes: 'IN...LIMBO...OUT': 'I think I've found your bottleneck.'

Whack, Out of Whack.

'Okay, let the minutes show we're not absconding with the money until the economy improves...'

"Actually, no, Bill, I can't move faster than this pace. Sorry."

Basically, you should think outside the box, but don't color outside the lines!

'Somebody should tell our office manager that a motorized filing cabinet does not qualify as an electronic health record system.'

"Who ever said 'there's a time and a place for everything' never worked in this office!"

'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!'

NeighWoof.

In and Out Box

'Sorry I'm not at the meeting, sir

'Remember, Preston, all work and no play make you employed.'