Temp Worker Mugs

Henri is sick, I'm filling in.

"Because of illness, the role of Mimi in tonight's performance will be sung by a temp."

Job machine - old jobs and new jobs.

A relevant sign for the shopkeeper's predicament.

"I'm available every day except one."

'Here's a possibility -- How would you like to be the President of Argentina?'

Part-time workers

Temp Agency - Foreign Sweatshops now hiring!

"A serf? We don't call you 'serfs' anymore. Nowadas we call you flexibly employed staff members!"

Part-time workers.

"I'm with Oober-temp. I do the same job as you for less money. I live nearby so I can get here before you do and your employer gets to feel hip by using a hot new app...sorry, your 'ex-employer'."

"Yes, I've got a temporary contract. Why do you ask?"

"That's a temp."

'He was just a temp.'

"I only live for 24 hours, so I need a temp job that pays big bugs."

Then - 'Employee of the month' Now - 'An employee for a month? certainly, sir'

'He was just a temp.'

'File this, fax that, take a letter, answer the phone. I'm afraid of being typecast.'

'Hunt and gather? No, but I can hunt and peck 75 words per minute.'

'Someone accidentally deleted the data you've been inputting. Looks like I'll have to hire you temps full time.'

"You don't have any cooking experience? We should be able to get you a job at a hospital cafeteria."

"Good news, Turner, We've chewed you up but have decided not to spit you out."

"When they said progress made our replacement inevitable I thought they meant by AI."

"The UWS association for the advancement of A.I."

"This is System One and I am holding the beta for System Two."

Hotel with sign 'Home sweet temporary home'

'I'm not here looking for a job. I'm the temp who's replacing you when the boss fires you today.'

'No no Mr. Peters, you are not being outsourced. You are being virtualised in 'the cloud'.'

'Following your 'barbecue summer' forecast, I'm revising predictions of your contract being reviewed.'

"What the hell sort of convenient new feature is this?"

"Oh, as long as he needs you, Santa's a great guy. But once things slow down and he wants a little vacation time with Mrs. C., it's 'goodbye North Pole, hello crappy temp job!'"

Filling Cabinet - "Why are all the letters different?"

"I can always tell a permanent temp from a temporary temp."

"Ruddy AI. Bad enough to be replaced by a computer, never mind a COFFEE MAKER."

"Take a shower first. You smell like a chimney."