Routine-buster T-Shirts

'Please tell me there's more to this than this.'

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

'It seems every time my business grows so does my paperwork!'

UK/US Free Trade Deal

Come in, minion. What's up, boss? I'm writing a novel. It's a thriller about an intrepid caf

"If we can just get beyond this 'I'm the boss' mentality and concentrate on a simple 'What I say goes' outlook, I think this will all work out."

"I know, I know, every time we come here, I swear I'm going to try something new, but I always end up getting the same thing."

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

Time for More Paperwork

Food Chain, Inc: 'UP...DOWN'.

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"At this office no two days are different."

'Twenty years ago I began jogging five miles a day - could you tell me where I am?'

"You keep impeccable time."

"It's a new target to target a time to reduce targets so that we'll be less target driven!"

'Yes, sir, what can I do for you?'

Moses holds up new federal regulation guidelines.

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

"Of course it's a stupid sign, but you wouldn't believe how much money it brings in for city hall!"

"It's kind of sweet when they're all settled in like this."

"We should have taken the cubicles."

"‘Click’, you have reached the White House, press 1 for shameless groveling, 2 for presidential pardons, and please have your credit card details ready..."

"I'll be honest... there are books by James Joyce that are easier to follow than these bad boys."

"...our Annual Report has been criticised for lack of clarity - well done!"

'Item 56, we need to schedule a series of meetings to discuss whether we should have meeting to look at whether we're having too many meetings.'

'I'm afraid I can't take you to my leader without a prior appointment.'

"These are just the guidelines, the forms are in the truck outside!"

"I'm sick of watching the same movie every day."

"Oh look—he fell asleep when you told me about your day."

"Do you have an appointment?"

"The admin shouldn’t take more than 30 or 40 hours, then you’ll be free to get on with some work."

'We decided the current system for reviewing corporation tax was too complex so we'll trial the 'think of a number and then double it' method.'