Quirky Boss Gifts

'Now, now, Mancini, we all have to start somewhere!'

"Ah, Stevens—sit anywhere."

'That large, rolled up newspaper is a reminder - mess up in this office and you'll pay the price.'

"Jenkins, come in and pull up a bean bag."

Bob's decision to replace the sales team with hotcakes really paid off.

Self-Employment

Ice Cream And Summer Rentals

'This is impressive, Roberts, but I'm not sure that it qualifies as work-place leadership.'

'It's my spare tire. Why do you ask?'

"I don't consider a missing four million dollars to be 'monkeyshines'."

"When all else fails, blow darts still get their attention."

"I think I see a miscreant in the carpark. There's no time to call the police I must deal with it myself."

"That's Arnie, our resident meeting moth. He doesn't have an office... Just flits all day from one meeting to another. And be careful: he's got a thing for wool!"

Office: Empowerment Drawer.

Melvin likes to indulge his inner child.

Office supplies - Notebooks, memo pads and rap sheets.

Cat Boss

"The boss is the fatherly type. He never fires anybody."

'Your loyalty to the company is exemplary, Potter, but we'll have to let you go if you can't stop chewing up the conference room furniture!'

"My heavens, Bentley ... we've found it. A Silicon Valley headquarters without a slide."

"Would someone dim the lights? I'm about to launch into the paranoid and conspiratorial portion of my report."

'Thanks for making it guys. Come on in and pull up a chair.' A square hole in an office floor where chairs can be pulled up from

'Now THIS is my idea of a creative department.'

'Shred that last mental note I gave you.'

Selling salt lick lollipops to reindeers.

Exciting suggestion in 'suggestion box'.

'Bancroft, it's time to pay the salesmen their bonuses. Would you please stop at the butchers' shop and get a few pounds of raw meat?'

"This position may call for some occasional plumbing."

"Eating the mistakes is a tough job, but somebody has to do it."

'You'll find, Smith, that there's a very relaxed atmosphere in this office.'

'If a raise is what you want, Halverson, a raise is what you get!'

"This one is less distracting."

Working from home.

"Damn it, Bershire, I've told you to never call me when I'm in my executive ball pit!"

Toilet Tissue Typist.