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March 24, 2025
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“I’m not a morning person. I drink coffee because morning people exist and they keep trying to talk to me”

"I'm not a morning person. I drink coffee because morning people exist and they keep trying to talk to me" (or "I need coffee because morning people exist and they keep trying…

October 18, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I’m not a procrastinator. I just prefer doing all my work in a deadline-induced panic”

"I'm not a procrastinator. I just prefer doing all my work in a deadline-induced panic" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is from the webcomic…

May 4, 2016
Work/Businesses

“I’m not a procrastinator. I’m just extremely productive at unimportant things”

"I'm not a procrastinator. I'm just extremely productive at unimportant things" is a jocular line that has been printed on many images and an ecard. "I'm not a…

August 5, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I’m not above calling in sick from the parking lot”

People call in sick -- but from the parking lot of the job? "I'm not above calling in sick from the parking lot" is a work saying that been printed on several images. "I feel…

November 9, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I’m not an early bird or a night owl. I’m more of a tired afternoon duck”

"I'm not an early bird or a night owl. I'm more of a tired afternoon duck" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "I'm not an early bird and I'm not a…

February 6, 2023
Work/Businesses

“I’m not feeling very worky today”

"I'm not feeling very worky today" and "I don't feel very worky today" are work sayings that have been printed on many images. "now its time to work, not feeling…

June 9, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I’m not lazy. I’m on energy saving mode”

"I'm not lazy. I'm on energy saving mode" is a jocular line that has been printed on many images. "I'm not lazy - I'm just in the energy saving mode" was…

January 6, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I’m not much on seizing the day. I just kinda poke it with a stick”

"I'm not much on seizing the day. I just kinda poke it with a stick" is a different kind of motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Carpe diem," Latin…

January 29, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I’m not much on seizing the day. I just kinda poke it with a stick”

"I'm not much on seizing the day. I just kinda poke it with a stick" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Carpe diem" (Latin, meaning "seize the…

March 3, 2006
Work/Businesses

“I’m not only the Hair Club president, I’m also a client” (Hair Club for Men)

Who can forget Sy Sperling's tv commercials confessing: "I'm not only the Hair Club president, I'm also a client!" http://www.hairclub.com/companyinfomens.htmBeforeFor much…

April 3, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I’m not qualified to be nice to stupid people”

"The hardest part of my job is being nice to stupid people" and "I'm not qualified to be nice to stupid people" are jocular work sayings that have been printed on many…

May 29, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I’m not really a social drinker. I’d say most of my drinking is work-related”

"I'm not really a social drinker. I'd say most of my drinking is work-related" is a jocular drinking line that has been printed on many images. American journalist Linda…

February 14, 2018
Work/Businesses

“I’m not running away from hard work. I’m too lazy to run”

"I'm not running away from hard work. I'm too lazy to run" (or "I don't run away from hard work. I'm too lazy to run") is a saying that has been printed on…

July 15, 2026
Work/Businesses

“I’m not saying that my wife orders a lot from Amazon, I’m just saying that if I got a job as a UPS driver they’d probably let me work from home”

A wife order so much stuff online from Amazon.com, a joke goes, that a husband could get a job as an Amazon driver and work from home. "I’m thinking of getting a job as an Amazon driver..…

October 18, 2022
Work/Businesses

“I’m not saying that my wife orders a lot from Amazon, I’m just saying…”

Some people order a lot from an online service such as Amazon.com. This was posted on Twitter by Rodney Lacroix on October 14, 2022: "I'm not saying that my wife orders a lot from Amazon,…

July 13, 2012
Work/Businesses

“I’m not unemployed—I’m a consultant”

"I'm not unemployed -- I'm a consultant" is a popular T-shirt saying. A consultant can be in a self-employed, one-person business. Employment for a consultant can be irregular,…

June 21, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I’m not unemployed, I’m NSFW”

"I'm not unemployed, I'm NSFW" -- NSFW means "Not Safe For Work" -- is a jocular one-line work saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on…

August 11, 2019
Work/Businesses

“I’m on my way to work… PLEASE KILL ME”

"I'm on my way to work... PLEASE KILL ME" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. "494 bumper sticker sighting: 'Please Kill Me: I'm On My Way to…

June 23, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I’m only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand”

"I'm only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand" is a saying that has been printed on many images. TwitterLucia De Giovanni‏ @luciadegiovanniI am responsible for…

September 30, 2015
Work/Businesses

“I’m overpaying him, but he’s worth it”

Polish-American movie producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) was known for his malapropisms, or "Goldwynisms." Syndicated newspaper columnist Walter Winchell wrote in June 1940: "Samuel…

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