Paperwork Stunt Enthusiast Pillows

"Look, if it's just a matter of collating get one of the clerks to do it."

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

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

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

Here and There Trays

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

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

'Pick a contract...any contract!'

"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.

Shake it all about sign on desk

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

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

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

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

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

In, out, shake it all about.

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

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

"Well, if you hadn't misfiled it in the first place it wouldn't have been lost."

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

"I was just finishing up some spring cleaning."

'Is there such a thing as over communicating?'

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

In/Out Tray.

Whack, Out of Whack.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."