"I'm sorry, sir, but I don't believe you know us well enough to call us the Fed."
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federal, fed, federacy, federation, federals, feds, federal reserve, federal reserves, federal reserve board, board, bards, bureau, bureaus, bureacracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, familiar, familiarity, reception, receptionist, receptionists, modern, modern world, modern life, word play, play on words, nicknames, nick name, nickname, nick names, dating, date, dates, communication, communicate, communicating, work, working, worker, employ, employed, employment, job, jobs"Please, honey, I'm with a patient, and I've asked you not to call me on this line."
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stethoscope, stethoscopes, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, work, working, family, families, partner, partners, phone call, phone calls, call, calls, this line, line, lines, impossible, absurd, works, medical, medicine, medicines, phonecall, phonecalls, calling at work, emergency, treating, diagnose, diagnosing, equipmentA deadline comes to chew up a worker.
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deadline, deadlines, stress, stresses, stressful, worker, workers, working, job, jobs, career, careers, conveyor belt, conveyor belts, under the gun, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, put off, putting off, gear, gears, cog, cogs, cog in a machine, cogs in a machine, cog in the machine, cogs in the machine, modern life, modern times, white collar, white collar job, white collar jobs, cubicle, cubicles, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, stress, stressor, stressors, cope, copes, coping"You've been warned, Hoskins."
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snake, snakes, corporate snake, corporate snakes, rattle snake, rattle snakes, work, working, worker, workers, job, jobs, office, offices, workplace, workplaces, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, manager, management, managers, managing, office life, office culture, office worker, office workers, threat, threaten, threatening, threats, middle management, middle manager, intimidation, intimidate, intimidations, intimidated"She's not all over you, but she gets the job done."
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cat, cats, sheep, shepherd, sheep herd, herd, herding, herder, herds, farm, farms, farming, livestock, livestocks, ewe, ewes, ram, rams, round up, rounding up, absurd, role change, talking animals, odd choice, odd choices, unique, unique talents, job, job, work, working, employment, stereotypes, old fashioned, crook, bopeep, bo peep, sheep dog, herding cats, herding cat, working animal, working animals"Not to worry—I'm going to put our best-looking people on the job."
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qualified, qualification, qualifications, superficial, superficiality, good-looking, reassure, reassures, reassuring, reassurance, reassurance, assurance, customer service, client, clients, new client, new clients, case worker, case workers, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, most qualified, worker, workers, working"We were hoping that you could work from work today."
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work, working, worker, workers, job, jobs, career, careers, office, office, office life, workplace, workplaces, business, businesswoman, sick, ill, absent, employee, employer, employees, employer, work remotely, working remotely, telecommute, telecommuting, remote work, work from home, work from work, home office, in-office, in office, call-in, calling-in, call in, calling in, manager, managers, management, modern life, coronavirus, pandemic, epidemic, recovery, recoveries, recovering"I know you're a working dog, Angus. I just don't have anything for you right now."
"If nothing else needs welding, Paula, I'm going to lunch."
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office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, reception, receptionist, receptionists, secretary, secretaries, work, worker, workers, working, welder, welding, weld, welded, intercom, intercoms, trades, trade, blue collar, labor, laborer, laborers, labour, labourer, labourers, lunch, lunch break"This requires both ears."
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office, office life, work, working, job, business, businessman, businessmen, manager, managers, employee, employees, cubicle, cubicles, technology, modern life, millennial, millennials, headphone, headphones, head phone, head phones, earphone, earphones, ear phone, ear phones, earpiece, earpieces, ear piece, ear pieces, important, hear, hearing, listen, listening, ear, ears, both ears, music, listening to music, full attention, plugged in, tune out, device, devices, electronic, electronics, earbud, earbuds, ear bud, ear buds"What the hell? We could use an idiot."
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idiot, idiots, hiring, hire, hires, hired, new guy, new guys, diversity, workplace diversity, diversity hire, diversity hires, positive discrimination, moron, morons, unqualified, incompetent, incompetence, application, applications, interview, interviews, interviewing, job interview, job interviews, worker, workers, working, colleague, colleagues, co-worker, co-workers"I'm so glad you decided to participate in our Money for Employment program."
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work, working, works, world of work, worker, employ, employment, employing, recruit, recruiting, recruiter, recruitment, employed, employs, word play, word, play on words, hire, hires, hired, you're hired, money, pay, paid, pay day, payday, business, business, exploit, exploitation, capital, capitalism, capitalist, critical, critic, critique, office, offices"Washington, New York; New York, Boston; Boston, Washington. How was your day?"
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business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, businesspeople, businessperson, businesswoman, businesswomen, travel, travelling, corporate culture, corporate, travels, brag, bragging, insincere, work, working, jet, jetting, jet setting, fly, flying, flies, bragged, brags, boast, boasting, boasts, transport"Mr. Harrison already sees you."
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nsa, surveillance, offices, working, worker, cctv, cctv camera, cameras, security cam, security camera, security cameras, privacy, personal privacy, privacy policy, private, private life, businessmen, businessman, business men, workplace, workplace surveillance, watched, being watched, paranoia, paranoid, big, brother, meeting, meetings, monitor, monitoring, security, secure, spy, spying, interview, interviews, interviewing, horrible bosses, boss, bosses, orwellian"I suppose one could say that stress is an inescapable part of the human condition."
"Go find out why a peasant is giggling at midday."
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peasant, peasants, upper class, upper classes, lower class, lower classes, royal, royals, dictator, dictators, dictatorship, dictatorships, cruel, cruelty, unfair, farmer, farmers, farm worker, farm worker, giggle, giggles, giggling, laugh, laughs, laughing, happy, happiness, worker, workers, working, workforce, workforces"Thank heavens! Some work."
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work, works, working, worker, workers, briefcase, briefcases, workaholic, workaholics, desert island, desert islands, marooned, stranded, stranding, lost, bored, boredom, boring, lonely, loneliness, grateful, gratitude, more work"Nope. Looks to me like a clear-cut case of suicide by somehow reaching around behind the back and sticking a knife in backward. Let's get a drink."
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detective, detectives, police, crime, crimes, police officer, police officers, officer, officers, stab, criminal, stabbing, stabs, stabbed, kill, killed, killing, murder, murders, murderer, murderers, murderous, investigation, investigating, investigate, investigation, investigates, scene, crime scene, crime scenes, lazy, conclusion, unlikely, conclusions, laziness, work, working, bored, suicidal, incompetence, incompetent, cover up, coverup, cover-up, cover ups"You realize, of course, it's not what you are that counts. It's who you know. Who do you know?
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success, successful, accomplishment, accomplishments, achievement, achievements, prosperity, who, networking, contacts, business, businessman, businessmen, career, careers, job, jobs, working, friend, friends, acquaintance, acquaintances, getting ahead, who you know, reference, references, professional, social, relationship, relationships, climbing the ladder, corporate world, office life, office, offices, modern life"Crumple this into a little ball, will you?"
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paper, papers, crumple, crumpled, office, offices, work, worker, workers, working, working life, world of work, management, manager, managers, supervisors, supervisor, executive, executives, boss, bosses, big boss, delegation, delegate, delegating, delegations, employee, employers, employ, employed, business, hr, h r, human resource, human resources"'Meetingpalooza' sounded better in the brochure."
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lollapalooza, board, boards, board meeting, board room, director, directors, board of governors, governing, govern, governs, meeting, meetings, business meeting, corporate, corporation, corporations, office life, offices, office meeting, executive, exec, execs, executive meeting, working, worker, working life, office drone, office drones, conference, conferences, bored, boring, bores, bore, modern world, modern life, waste, wasting, wasting time, waste of time"I'm working part time, but I'm hoping that once I finish my master's they'll up my hours to full time."
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work, works, working, part time, masters, master's, master's degree, masters degree, degree, qualification, qualifications, service economy, service economies, service worker, service workers, customer service, education, educations, college education, college educations, postgrad, post-grad, graduate degree, graduate degrees, part time job, part time jobs, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring, full time"I brought some work home with me."
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work from home, coworkers, coworker, meeting, meetings, working from home, marriage, married life, married, husband, husbands, wives, wife, businessman, businessmen, work a holic, work-a-holic, workaholic, workaholics, work addict, work addiction, bring work home, working after hours, uninvited guests, guest, guests, unexpected visitors, visitor, offices, office work, worker, working, team, teamwork