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"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

Busy Workload Today and Especially Tomorrow

"Three weeks until the pitch, LOADS of time!"

Late/Too Late.

"The bags under my eyes have combined to form some kind of face backpack."

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

Clients who show up early for an appointment are really annoying ??" especially when you work from home.

"I'm swamped but I can squeeze you in for a few moments yesterday."

"I think that might have been one deadline too many for Tim!"

'The project is a little behind schedule. It was proactive, now it's retroactive.'

'Mom! Dad's eating my science fair project!'

'Do we want to tackle this head on, or just stun it with a glancing blow until next Monday?'

"Alan had to work all night on his presentation....this is what 17 espressos does to him."

Unrealistic expectations tend to lead to disappointment. . .

Hourglass Dumptruck

"The central digital platform is temporarily renamed Project Schrödinger’s Cat. Until it is accessed on the 24th February it both is and is not a working system."

'I'm kind of busy, mom...'

"You're just buying time, Peterson! I want those figures on my desk by tomorrow!"

Your car called- It's not taking you home until that report's finished.

'Regarding our deadline - have we moved to long-range planning or still stuck in short-term excuses?'

"The boss is really pushing me to finish up before Thanksgiving."

'He's really very busy but you can wait.'

'Enough is enough, John! You've got to choose. It's either your job or me.'

'Next day to the coast! You must be nuts!'

'Overwhelm the facts with interpretation and have it on my desk Thursday.'

Desk boxes: 'TOO LITTLE...TOO LATE'

Procrastinator's Leap.

'Sometimes the boss exerts too much pressure about meeting a project deadline.'

"All night I dreamed I was at work. Do I get overtime for that?"

'According to our cost-benefit analysis, if you don't come up with the solution by Thursday at 2:30 P.M., you can forget about the whole thing.'

"Month-end report due by month end, ha ha ha ha ha."

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