Returning To Travel Mugs

So you're saying you've felt ignored for over a year now?

'William, I've decided to go back to work so I can get a little rest during the day.'

"Think we'll still make happy hour?"

"Oh, Mrs. Horris, he just said his first words..!"

"I'm learning to live with existence."

"You shouldn't have stopped to go to the bathroom, sir - you were late claiming your luggage, so we raffled it off."

'She's determined to combine a family and a career!'

It had been a while, but he had finally come home.

"And so another trip comes to an end...with family brought closer together by a shared experience."

Statue is moved to hold up the leaning tower of Pisa.

Hand sanitizer

'How soon can I return to work? About fifteen minutes ago.'

Well, you and I know it's our home, but our 'smart home' doesn't know it's our home

Limerick Airport

"I'm so happy to be back in the workforce I'll never complain out loud again about Mondays."

"I take it this is your first interview since the start of lockdown?"

"Now, Mrs. Stevens, go to work, relax, and leave the social engineering to us."

'Welcome back, Mary. How were the vacations?'

"I'm back. My family didn't want to spend more time with me."

"Home is where the WiFi is."

"Let's go on vacation, get disappointed, complain about prices, read terrible novels, buy trashy souvenirs, miss the dog and look forward to coming home."

"You're on 'Ask Sadie.' What's your problem?!" "I want to go back to work." "But my son is still so young. I'd have to send him to preschool or day care. And then most of my salary would go to pay for that. So what should I do?" "You should do what we did in my day: Have six more kids and then let them all fend for themselves!" "If your eldest isn't a strong leader, it may get a little 'Lord of the Flies'-ish, but that builds character!" "...in the survivors."

Mother racing to work for a company with day care and a health club.

"If someone hugs me my first day back, I'm going to just break into pieces."

'It's OK to take your work home with you. It's not OK to bring your home to work with you.'

"Here we use the email term 'out of the office', not 'away lazing on a Spanish beach, without a care in the world.'"

Gates A-C: Johnson, Davis, Potts, surprise me!

"But first let's all congratulate Ted on his return to work."

Working mother

'Am I glad to be back - austerity's gone mad out there!'

"Good morning, Mother! We made you a desk salad."

"You are going home to Quarantine? What a lovely name for a daughter!"

"Yeah, hello travel agent, Danger Noodle needth getaway."

Airport

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