Work Routine Nostalgist Gifts

"Reggie is retired, but he still goes to work to play the office sports pool."

'Twenty years ago I began jogging five miles a day - could you tell me where I am?'

"It's kind of sweet when they're all settled in like this."

"I miss the old cubicles."

"I remember when this was all offices."

I remember when the only social networking site you could access at work was the water cooler!

"Don't be irreplaceable, because if you can't be replaced...you can't be promoted."

"I'd like to see you every Tuesday, forever."

"No matter the weather or what's on my plate, I'm here at five. That's discipline."

"You've become very predictable, Jack - home every night!"

"Mmm..I haven't worn this tie since the firms 1997 dinner and dance..."

'My husband does everything religiously except going to church.'

'And now for the (Yawn!) morning report....'

Clock in, Clock out.

"I love you, Ethan, bit I floss alone."

'I'll just grab a coffee...'

"He misses his commute ."

'Our dog's been dead two years but he can't break the habit!'

'In every office there's always someone who didn't get the message.'

"I don't want a New Year, I want a comfortable, familiar, used year."

"It's so weird being back in the office."

Plain ol' me.

"I kind of miss that morning newspaper you used to hold in front of your face."

Mountaineers milk.

"Well, come to think of it, we are creatures of habit: Always migrating to the same place and stopping at the same spots on the way..."

"Sundays we like to walk around being insufferable about our routine."

"And here's where daddy used to work...before it became a museum.

"Sir, are you sure you don't want to try anything else besides the fish for once?"

"We're out of chrysanthemum." "I ordered chrysanthemum tea. This is not chrysanthemum tea. This is chamomile." "I've had a chrysanthemum tea every day for the last 80 years, and I'm still alive and well." "Are you trying to kill me?" "Are all old folks this superstitious?" "Superstition's always worked in the past."

"It doesn't get any more low-maintenance than this!"

"The way I see it, we lived like pigs in the eighties and, with any luck we'll continue to live like pigs throughout the nineties."

To Do List: Wake Up/Smell the Coffee/Drink the Coffee/Now What?

'I'm home from a mind-numbing day at the office, ready to watch some mind-numbing TV.'

'How come no one ever sends me a fax?'

"I think I've taken my morning routine too far."