Returning To Work After Holidays Gifts

Having shut early for Christmas, Mr Small decided to get back to work early to check the answering machine.

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

"Guys, can you use your Mommy-doesn't-want-to-know-I-exist voices?"

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

Balancing work and family

"I'm learning to live with existence."

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

"How do we break it to them that work-from-home ends next week?"

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

The Working Mum

"First day back at work. Don't forget to get some office stationery."

"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?"

'Going back to work now that the kids are grown is one thing, Martha. Mounting a hostile takeover bid of my company is another!'

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

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

'I will never cease to be amazed at how deftly she balances the demands of career and family.'

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

"Home is where the WiFi is."

"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."

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

'Mat leave's almost up...time for you to hunt.'

'Still having problems finding day care?'

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

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

"We're not doing virtual meetings anymore, Stu."

'Of course I put the children first! Look how much I pay their nanny.'

'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.'"

"The holiday was a real eye opener...the crowds,the unbearable heat and noise,the chaos...and that was just at Heathrow."

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

"What do you think you're doing? You play with me every day for 15 months, and out of the blue, you're going to work?!"

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