Now here's a serial malingerer's charter to die for. Crafted in an official-looking font, on a green, emergency-looking background, a stick man is in the act of scarpering from the scene of some work. Smashing.

There's something deeply alluring about that thought, whether office politics and boundary disputes between colleagues are the most interesting thing in your day, or whether you're confident that your disappearance wouldn't be noticed for weeks.

A picture can say a thousand words, but a few words don't go amiss, either. And these words speak volumes for the less-than-industrious daytime strategies the Great British Worker - "Never do today that which will become someone else's responsibility tomorrow". Marvellous. Not only are these wise words for the workplace, but they may very well be words to live by.

Now this adage is immortalised on high quality metal signage, there's an even more uncompromising feel to it. So do be sure to place them somewhere that guarantees maximum visibility.

Now, whether a chum simply needs to be taught a lesson, or whether the whole office needs to be perked-up, this insightful signage will jolly well be just the trick.