Work-life Balancer Prints

'A career? A life? Isn't that a conflict of interest?'

Gone Bookkeepin'

"It's come to my attention, Wycliff, that you're actually planning a life outside the office."

Workaholic Hotline - 'Come on now, you can do it. Just put down those annual reports and slowly back away...'

"Everyone I know has a crazy long commute."

'And this is the only performance indicator that's moving up. Unfortunately, it's my blood pressure.'

"Misunderstood,overworked,underpaid and stressed, it's bound to lead to depression...still enough of my problems,what can I do for you?"

"Who do I hold accountable if you miss the deadline? Any next of kin?"

"I think we need to spend more time with the children...how many have we got?"

Interviewee: 'Nah, work related stress isn't a problem - I've never taken a job seriously enough for it to bother me!'

While experts remain at odds over the issue of when life begins, most agree it's sometime after work.

'I'm semi-retired.'

Careers advisor

'I know the kids don't like you and pick on you, but you have to go to school...you're the teacher.'

'And then, get this: she tells me I compartmentalize my feelings!'

"Ever feel like there just isn't enough time in the day to delegate all the things you want done?"

'I'm a wife, a daughter, a working mother...and you're asking me if I can MULTI-TASK???'

'At 10:00 you'll be deleting spam. At 10:15 you'll be forwarding jokes. At 10:35 you'll be playing online poker. At noon...'

Time Slavery.

"It's the old man's idea. Reckons his young executives should see more of their families."

"Of course under the new contract 24 hour cover will be optional..."

Dave - We need you back at the office.

'I call it laziness - He calls it stress management.'

"One day you're fine, the next you're no longer responding to market demands."

"Bixby, of COURSE you need to get a life...just don't take it outside the office."

'What makes you think I'm not at my desk?'

"I take it your vacation starts tomorrow?"

'You know your problem, Harlan? You need to get in touch with your 'inner beach bum'.'

Trapped in his office by clutter.

'We feel it's very important to provide our employees with an extremely comfortable work-place environment. Primarily because we don't allow them to ever go home.'

No employee is indispensable, but Doreen came pretty close.

"Honey, you're home."

'I need a continuance, your Honor.'

"Oh yeah? Well, your dad makes more, but my dad's not stuck in a high-paying job he hates but is too scared to leave."

Professional man hurdling