Workload Wizardry Gifts

"I know it looks like I'm doing nothing, but looks can be deceiving."

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

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

"Give a sh*t" "Don't give a sh*t"

"Worst case of month-end burnout I ever saw."

Storm in the out tray

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

"Morning, all!"

What My Day Feels Like

'It's a lateral move, you'll now be getting all of Kramer's work too.'

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

"I can hardly wait...TWO WHOLE weeks without having to deal with mindless e-mails, incessant interruptions, boring meetings...."

"I can't sit down. Don't you remember? I worked my butt off for you."

Signs of Stress

'He's an expendable.'

"Never do today what someone else can do tomorrow."

Took On Too Much

"I figured my stress ball should match the size of my anxiety."

"I'm bearly keeping ahead."

"No, it's no mistake. There is no out."

"Just put that in my, 'I'll get to it when I can, I'm only human' pile."

Man carrying his boss.

"Sure I can make that deadline."

Frank & Ernie's Health and Fitness Equipment for Elite Athletes. Our first delivery is there free weights we're taking to a golfer. He'll be working on his irons! This is going to a swimmer. A massage table for back strokes! A pro snowboarder bought this hyperbaric chamber. He wants to get big air! And we'll finish by taking the treadmill to a baseball player's basement gym. Of course ... for the home runs!

Welsh practice launches formal objection to 'unmanageable' new housing.

A Man With Problems.

Employer surrenders to case loads of workplace disputes and claims.

'IN--IGNORE--OUT'

"'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."

"Sorry, I can't. . . I'm really swamped."

"I don't understand, having a pulmonary embolism isn't on his to do list!"

"Less hair doesn't mean less work!"

"I'd better get going. I've got a lot coming at me right now."

'Sorry I'm not at the meeting, sir

'I'm 43 years old. That's 64 in work years.'