Workload Warrior Gifts

'I'm thinking of cutting my hours down to 24/7.'

'Perkins does the work of two men, unfortunately both of them are incompetent.'

'I'll ask someone else. Didn't realize you were still dealing with that backlog.'

"A coronary ?...let me see, I could just about fit one in around September, next year."

A single man has the job title of CEO, Business Manager, HR, Undermanager, Head of Division, Personnel. . .

'I called you in, Jim, because I'm worried that you might be losing your focus!'

"We're a bit understaffed today, could you be 6 people?"

'IN--IGNORE--OUT'

'Apparently, Smith's desk just couldn't withstand the weight of the paperwork we piled on his desk.'

"'Autonomy' is the new BUZZ word! We have to unleash our staff. Professionals like you need to be free to use your own judgement, manage your own workloads...use your initiative."

"We've laid off half our staff. Can you do the job of two people?"

'I need an assistant...I can't keep making all of the mistakes myself.'

'Clear your desk. You're fired!'

"More ruddy training. . . As if I haven't got enough to do!"

Attorney: Busy, busy, busy.

'It's all right, I'm just a little behind.'

Man looking incredibly dizzy

"How many times have I asked you, John... don't bring your work home with you!"

"That's the danger of mono tasking...you're too easily held accountable."

'Here's your assignment, Peon.' - 'What is it?' - 'How soon can you do it?' - 'I don't know. I need to read it first.' - 'I don't pay you to read! I pay you to do!' - 'Gah!'

'These young social workers now nothing, I used to see 5000 clients every day...'

Workaholics Anonymous

"It's the worst part of working here...spending so much time with people at the end of their tether, ill, stressed, desperate for help..."

"Less hair doesn't mean less work!"

"The good news is that after the reorganisation you'll be leading the team!...and the bad news? You are the team!"

"I hope it wasn't too much of a problem covering for me..."

'Fantastic chance to show what you can do...resources are of course stretched...we'd be very grateful.'

'So to hit the training targets I have to arrange five days a year training for the staff that we haven't been able to recruit.'

'I don't known why these people are always complaining... we give them stimulating challenging work.'

'We're downsizing. So, instead of five people, I'll be asking you to do the work of four.'

'Boy, has it ever been a long day. I only took an hour for lunch.'

Since the cloning, Professor Kane's workload has eased up considerably.

Business man sitting at desk with inbox and outbox reading 'In one ear,' and 'out the other.'

"I remember when we first met you were an exhausted young doctor! Now you're an exhausted middle-aged doctor!"

"Hard morning, Pastor?"