Working Away Mugs

'Couldn't you spend just one Christmas at home?'

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

'What sort of mission statement is that?'

'Finally! A meeting with one of the bigwigs.'

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

37 years in the same position.

"Don't flutter your little wings on company time."

Burning the midnight oil.

"Don't forget to leave me a wakeup call so I can get the worm!"

'Let me worry about the one percent inspiration, you just take care of the 99 percent perspiration.'

'Had I known Hell was going to be exactly like work, I probably wouldn''t have spent as much time there.'

Work Parfait

'I work two jobs and have three kids. At the end of the day I am exhausted. Do you have anything that is not sexy and just smells good.'

Working hours.

Overworked in the office

'Is that the sweet smell of success or some imitation air freshener?'

'I play so hard that I have no time to work hard.'

"I'll wait a moment for everyone's energy drink to kick in."

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

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

'No, I'm not stranded. This is the only place I could find that has no distractions.'

Multi-tasking.

Busy Workload Today and Especially Tomorrow

'Pssst! Straighten up, here come the bigwigs.'

"They've hiked up our targets again...I'm going to have to put in some overtime to have any chance of meeting them!"

"Now, let's get out there and walk really fast to places we don't want to be."

Some days at work can be more challenging than others.

Time for More Paperwork

'These are job perks.'

Back to work...

Office slaves.

'Go right in -- he's expecting you.'