Schedule Warrior Gifts

'I sense we might be having a problem with our appointment scheduling.'

I've always wanted to quit while I was ahead but the opportunity never presented itself.

'Why is it that nothing ever gets done at these meetings?'

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

"Give a sh*t" "Don't give a sh*t"

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Colour Version: Living by the Clock

Burning the midnight oil.

Working hours.

'Go right in -- he's expecting you.'

'Who wants to work late again, raise your hands.'

"I always like to clear my desk off for the weekend."

Danger Slow Sand.

‘I've cleared the morning, but you've got bandits at twelve o'clock ...'

"We should have taken the cubicles."

"Brandon isn't adapting well to the open office concept."

"The GOOD news is that 94 people want to attend the leadership training, the bad news is that 64 of them want to change the venue, 56 the time and 45 want to be course leader."

"Memo to self - personalise new work-station."

I hate Mondays and now I'm developing an aversion to Tuesdays!

"I can give you a little bit of focus on 2:53 next Thursday."

'Thanks for coming to this 12.01 appointment, but I'm afraid my 12.02 has now arrived.'

Pull an all-nighter?

"I think I see your deadline approaching."

"First of all, let me commend everyone on the teamwork displayed on this icebreaker. Secondly, let me apologize for some of the motivational language I used during this session..."

"Huddleston, I admire your hands-on approach to everything, but get the hell out of my office!"

With the office space available, we have no choice but to believe in teamwork!

'They'll tell you this is an open office workspace, but watch out for the invisible fences.'

'I'm playing 18 floors.'

'Sleep on your face again, Phil?'

'Am I the first one here?'

"Did I say 'corner office'? I meant 'corner of my office'."

"Damn! I keep waking up in the middle of the day."

You're fortunate you have a cubicle. Due to cutbacks, my boss makes us wear horse blinders.

Time Clock