Subordinate Gifts

"...it's pretty stressful at the bottom as well!"

"May I remind you that I'm still in charge here, Baskin. And when I say, 'Jump,' you say, 'How many floors.'"

"Jones is our go-to-thankless-job-guy!"

"You're invited to our management excursion. Come dresses as a pinata."

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

'Put an egg in the bowl and beat it with the whisk.'

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

'I wouldn't say this wine's name is long, but it's continued on the bottle next to it.'

'What sort of mission statement is that?'

'It's a chart of office morale. This is where you went on vacation.'

'I'll be late for dinner, dear. I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

"Soul searching? Yes, you could call it that."

'What do you want first - The bad news or the even badder news?'

In basket-case.

"I don't want a G.O.A.T, I want a S.C.A.P.E.G.O.A.T."

James Bond in a Snow Globe

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

In/Out/These Things Happen.

So which rung are you on my corporate ladder?

Others will fight for you

'Look, you can only do so much!'

International Women's Day

"How's everybody doing? I'm not boring you, am I?"

'Can't they just switch to smaller barrels?'

'Yes, I know there's a deadline on this project.'

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

'Your resume is a little thin, but I like your willingness to be manipulated by upper management.'

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

Businessman on stilts: 'I had to step over a lot of people to get where I am today.'

"Helen brings home our second, third and fourth incomes."

'I hate leaving work when I feel I could have delegated more.'

'Don't think of it as being a yes man, think of it as being an employed man.'