Practicality Enthusiast Gifts

"With the cost of heating oil at an all-time high, perhaps you now regret exchanging those sensible Christmas sweaters for the fleeting amusement of toys."

Presents should always be given in good faith and with the sole intention of delighting the recepient need, faith, delight,

Where your mind & battle are los

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

"Why can't the rest of you be more like Rollins, here? He does his homework!"

Colour Version: Living by the Clock

"That report on corporate redundancy... I'd like it in triplicate."

Late/Too Late.

"A one-word email reply... classic power move."

"I'm too busy to be stressed."

Instant Laundry Detergent, 'Just add water'.

Failure/Due Diligence

"Do you think we should look again at who we invite to these meetings?"

'It's come to my notice, Simpson, that YOU'RE the glitch in the system.'

"There appears to be a direct correlation between fewer meetings and higher productivity."

"I've tracked our GPS coordinates over the past week dad. Well, we're roaming the plains alright!"

"We find it as long as you manage the inputs, the outputs will look after themselves."

'Apparently you can't fire everybody and still maintain productivity.'

"Never do today what someone else can do tomorrow."

'I solve so many work problems at home.'

'Risky, but I like it!'

'School of hard knocks.'

Production: Urgent, Rush, Super Rush.

"This crew gets 15 miles to the pound of gruel. They're very fuel efficient."

"We are extremely short-staffed here and you would need to be okay with that. For example I’m the janitor, but I also do interviews in between emptying trash cans."

"Leadership is about more than delegating all of your work."

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

"Procurement and their stakeholder journey down the procurement pathway... Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

"Well, I've finished the project on time and on budget!" "That means I've given you too much time and too much money!"

"We need to eliminate the middleman."

'Look! It's superwoman...and all her assistants!'

"It's a 670 page questionnaire on how to cut back on unnecessary bureaucracy!"

"I think you're becoming a workaholic."

'Unfortunately, they're very good at what they do.'

Our large economy size packet hasn't been selling...it's too big to carry home.