Workflow Delayers Gifts

"It's amazing how if you wait long enough, everything you've been putting off becomes irrelevant."

I've always wanted to quit while I was ahead but the opportunity never presented itself.

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

"Yes Sir, I'm still working on the 'ins and outs' of their proposal."

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Failure/Due Diligence

'It's new from British Telecom...a telephone ignoring machine.'

Three work boxes: 'IN...LIMBO...OUT': 'I think I've found your bottleneck.'

"As a courtesy for the inconvenience, please accept a voucher for three additional hours of your life, redeemable upon your death."

This year, Barry resolved to try new things and take more chances - starting tomorrow.

Fenton always makes a backup hard copy of his mental notes.

'We've decided to upgrade your position with a new version 2.0 employee.'

"How was your day?"

A usual day.

Exercise vs Laxative.

"Crap in" and "crap out"

"And this is the traditional alternative."

'Could you put a little more effort into that 'IN' box of yours?'

"As a frequent flier, you'll be entitled to stay in our airport lounge for up to a week during delays."

"Hurry up with that cork!"

Congressional Gym. I never need to go in there. I get plenty of exercise kicking the can down the road.

A word to the wise. At this morning's meeting you were referred to as the 'the bottleneck'.

"I think he's just going through the motions."

"Done with the evaluations? Great! Now let's evaluate the evaluations!"

Desk boxes: tomorrow, next week, never.

Train Arrivals

Procrastinators Anonymous: Just wait and see.

"What's in the pipeline? Everything's stuck in the pipeline!"

"There's no way we can come to a decision - the meeting has only lasted half an hour."

'Susan, hold all calls. I'll be in the office all day.'

"The doctor will see you once you've waited long enough to understand who's boss."

Waiting and waiting and waiting room

"The 'hot desking' was supposed to be cheaper and more efficient! But it's been a nightmare!"

Welcome To I'll-Start-Tomorrow-Cise!

Pendulum, inc workboxes: 'TO and FRO'.