Paperwork Punchline Appreciator Gifts

"The transformation is pretty bad, but the worst part is filling out the paperwork for the adverse events."

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

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

'And when did you have your last owl movement?'

'Pick a contract...any contract!'

Shake it all about sign on desk

'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?'

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

In, out, shake it all about.

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

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

Farmer and FIsherman

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

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

Whack, Out of Whack.

In/Out Tray.

Leonore from Fidelio

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

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

He waited for the next wave of regulations to arrive.

'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!'

'Dear, the good doctor appears to have misplaced my file. Can you fax over your copy?'

"He's my hero. At 5 he just knocks everything off his desk and calls it a day."

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

Joseph and his coat

'Sorry I'm not at the meeting, sir

In-tray, Out-tray, While you were on holiday-tray

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

'Well, there goes the last of my New Years resolutions...'

'I put Wilson on your project and last I heard he was all over it!'

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

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

'DO you know what time we start here?'