Reluctant Corporate Retreater Gifts

'The lads at the office still talk about the day you told the boss what to do with his job...'

"Don't flutter your little wings on company time."

'I guess every team needs a creative renegade.'

'You're developing a reputation as something of a cowboy, Henderson.'

'The the President we've gone surfin', surfin' U,S,A,'

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

"Worst breach of corporate dress code I've ever witnessed."

"I've just about had it with these corporate retreats!"

"If I've got to work for a tyrant . . . I may as well work for myself."

'But I think my strongest asset as an employee is my aversion to pretense, coupled with an unwavering commitment to a regular-guy persona!'

'Yeah, he was a good boss, and we'll miss him. Somebody kick his briefcase down there, too.'

'Thanks for the invitation, but I can never seem to find the energy to party...'

'We are in a race against time and the auditors. Gentlemen...start your shredders!'

Wall Street lights the American Dream on fire while citizens try to burn Wall Street.

'I like thinking inside the box.'

"Think outside the box but never forget who owns the box."

A man wrapped in bath towel looks in closet where a bunch of identical men hang, each in a different suit.

"I've brought companies back from the brink of disaster before Phil, but to bring one back from the dead? I'm still patting myself on the back over that one!"

"I've called this meeting so I could see all of you squirm."

Management Speak - reading between the lines: "This new role would involve some extra responsibilities." "He wants me too work twice as hard."

"The holidays are finished George, get over it!"

"Well...I notice a little criticism on my leadership style..."

"I've worked for the company for 40 years..."

'Not for what I'm getting paid!'

Telling Self to Buzz Off

Bad Career Move

'Hold my calls. I'm going out for a random walk.'

'There's talk of innovation out here. Winds of change are headed your way. Lock your door, pull the shades and hide under your desk.'

"This is Josh, our summer intern."

John was bck from extended leave, but he hadn't quite got in the swing of things yet.

"Let me guess. You had it up to here with the world of business, so you packed it all in and started your own winery."

"NAY!!"

"We always encourage freethinking, as long as it stays within established boundaries."

'To Err is human...but to forgive is against company policy!'