Signs that you work too hard

1. Wife: We need to talk.

Husband: I'll schedule a performance appraisal session at the earliest opportunity.

2. In a wedding dinner of a daughter,

Father: Any apologies of absence?

3. To plan a family trip, check which country's currency has hit disaster recently.

4. Refer to child's pocket money as "the weekly cash injection".

5. Refer to grandfather's death as "family downsizing".

6. Your wife complains that you do not take enough interest in the children, and you say, "Ok, fine, where is the feedback form?"

7. The message in Valentine's Day card with bullet points.

8. Son informs you that neighbour has a new bicycle and you tell him, "The quota for capital expenditure is full for this financial year."

9. Go to school to take child's report card, and you ask the teacher, "What is his core competencies?"

10. Treat Sunday afternoon family walk as a "team-based bonding activity".

11. When teacher complaining that your child failed 4 of his 9 subjects, you shout: "What do you expect when you give him such an over-diversified portfolio?"

12. When your daughter announced that she is getting married, you asked if she ready for a major paradigm shift.