Workflow Wrangler Gifts

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

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

"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."

Storm in the out tray

Trays on desk read, 'Here', 'There' and, 'Neither here nor there.'

Organization is not rocket science!

"I find it so stimulating to learn new software."

'So, come back in fifteen minutes?...Twenty?'

IRS Audits. That's your fourth "honest" mistake in a row!

InIn by-products.

"For this job, we require someone with excellent multi-taxing skills."

'Ah, the Bermuda Rectangle for files.'

"Well, I've finished the project on time and on budget!" "That means I've given you too much time and too much money!"

Why you must go to work

Sue's job involved a certain amount of paperwork.

'No good deed goes unpunished around here.'

Overwhelmed by Paperwork

A usual day.

In/Out.

"How was your day?"

'I can't remember the title,but it was on a little white piece of paper.'

"Okay, if that's all the finger pointing we have today, we can move on!"

'Excellent sir! Your signature is now completely illegible.'

'Ms. Grimmett, I sort of liked the old filing system...in the file cabinets.'

'Good news, Perkins! We're finally getting an automatic postage machine!'

'Don't forget. When this photo shoot is over I get a bucket of shiners.'

Research continues to discover if the inability to balance a checkbook is genetic.

"I handle chatty people for him."

"It appears that Jim is organizing his desk again."

Fisherman get a good catch.

I'm not sure if I'm holding down a job or the other way around.

"Crap in" and "crap out"

"What's it like, working with your hands?"

'Bill, we've decided to send you back to the minors for a while so you can brush up on your delegating!'

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