"I'll pause for a moment so you can let this information sink in."
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presentation, presentations, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, business presentation, business presentations, business, businessman, chart, charts, graph, graphs, table, tables, data, information, complicated, complex, too much information, unintelligible, incomprehensible, sink in, speaker, speakers, presenter, presenters, lecture, lectures, lecturer, lecturers, professor, professors, teacher, teachers, teaching, pause, break"No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?"
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business, office, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, appointment, appointments, reschedule, reschedules, rescheduling, never, avoid, avoids, avoiding, dodge, dodges, dodging, unwanted, unwanted appointment, unwanted appointments, phone call, phone calls, unwanted, uninterested, annoying, annoyance, annoyances, nuisance, nuisances, mankoff"In the interest of increasing revenue this quarter, Evan, here, will be leading an initiative to rip off liquor stores."
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business meeting, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business meetings, revenue, company revenvue, economic downturn, downturn, recession, recessions, credit crunch, desparate times, desparate measures, robbery, rob, theft, steal, stealing, swindle, swindling, crimes, turn to crime"Impressive, Meyers, but let's stick to your quantitative projections."
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drawing, drawings, artist, artists, art project, art projects, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, art school, art student, art students, projection, projections, off-topic, distraction, distractions, distracting, fantasy, quantitative projection, quantitative projections, businessman, businessmen"First of all, this meeting never happened."
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meeting, meetings, witness, witnesses, witnessing, secret, secrets, secrecy, top secret, spill the beans, spills the beans, spilling the beans, business meeting, business meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, classified, classified information, conspiracy, conspiracies, criminal conspiracy, criminal conspiracies"On the other hand, their accounting procedures are impeccable."
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accountant, accounting, accountants, bookkeeper, bookkeepers, clients, client, business meeting, business meetings, interior design, interior designers, office design, office furniture, office furnishing, office art, art, modern art, contemporary art, art collection, art collections, corporate art, public art, office artwork, artwork, artworks, challenging art, eclectic art, eclectic taste, eclectic tastes, art critic, art critics, art gallery, art galleries, artist, artist, sculpture, sculptures, accountant office, accountant offices, pros and cons, decision, decisions"Why don't I get a job—then we can continue this discussion in my office."
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office worker, office workers, office work, office job, office jobs, unemployed, unemployment, out of work, discussion, discussions, business discussion, business discussions, business meeting, business meeting, lazy, laziness, layabout, layabouts, offices, empty promise, empty promises, business talk, business speak, priorities, wrong priorities, bad priorities"Relax, Ashwell. We don't say 'Ka-ching' until the deal is signed."
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relax, relaxes, relaxing, signed, deal, deals, business deal, business deals, calm down, calms down, overexcited, overexcitement, overexcite, catchphrase, catchphrases, businessman, businessmen, jump the gun, jumps the gun, jumping the gun, rush, rushes, rushing, hurry, hurries, hurrying, slow down, slowing down, business meeting, business meetings, faux pas"All those in favor of the new me say 'Aye.' "
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boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, board meeting, board meetings, executive, executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, the boss, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, vote voting, transition, transitions, gender transition, transitioning, modern life, makeover, makeovers, new look, new looks, change, changing, changes, a new you, new you, modern times, life choices, life choice"Perkins here, representing taxes."
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board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, death, grim reaper, the grim reaper, taxes, corrupt, corruption, tax avoidance, tax evasion, tax dodging, tax avoider, tax avoiders, tax dodger, tax dodgers, tax evader, tax evaders, offshore account, offshore accounts, offshore bank account, offshore bank accounts, offshore banking, tax haven, tax havens, white collar crime, white collar crimes, white collar criminal, white collar criminals"It's been moved that we adjourn for an afternoon nap. Is there a second?"
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afternoon, nap, naps, napping, sleep, sleeps, sleeping, dog, dogs, meeting, meetings, adjourn, adjourns, adjourning, break, breaks, breaking, take a break, taking a break, vote, votes, voting, second, seconds, seconding, seconded, call a vote, calling a vote, pet, pets, dog owner, dog owners, business meeting, business meetings"I want to apologise for calling this meeting on such short notice."
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business meeting, business meetings, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, spaghetti, pasta, fork, forks, dinner time, meal, meals, meal time, short notice, rush, in a rush, interruption, interruptions, overworked, overworking, management style, management styles, professionalism, unprofessional, lunchbreak, lunch time"Look into my heart, get a sense of my soul."
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wolf, wolves, rabbit, rabbits, bunny, bunnies, predator, predators, prey, food chain, food chains, hierarchy, hierarchies, office hierarchy, office hierarchies, business meeting, business meetings, soul, souls, heart and soul, threatening, threatened, ruthless, ruthlessness, corrupt, corruption, dishonest, dishonesty"Just how long has there been a maraschino cherry at the top of the organizational chart?"
Man with a Clear Conscience
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clear conscience, clean conscience, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business manager, business managers, boss, bosses, business meeting, business meetings, business partner, business partners, above board, friendly, friendliness, welcome, warm welcome, warm welcomes, management style, management styles"Walter! What brings you out to the Ohio office?"
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ohio, offices, office, business, businesses, desk, desks, open concept, rural, business meeting, business travel, country, countryside, farm, farms, farm land, middle of nowhere, cattle, cows, cow, regional, regional office, regional offices, company branch, company, company branches, employ, employer, employers, employee, employees"Hannibal got elephants over the Alps. Bearing that in mind, somebody think of something."
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hannibal, goal, goals, accomplishment, accomplishments, difficult, difficult task, difficult tasks, history, carthage, elephant, elephants, alps, military history, military historian, military historians, historian, historians, solution, solutions, problem solver, problem solvers, problem solving, problem, problems, idea, ideas, idea man, idea men, business man, businessman, businessmen, business meeting, business meetings, troubleshoot, troubleshoots, troubleshooting, punic wars, goal-oriented"May I offer a very different scenario?"
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dog, dogs, canine, canines, perspective, perspectives, different perspective, new perspective, new perspectives, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, boardroom meeting, boardroom meetings, business meeting, newcomer, newcomers, odd man out, c-suite, c suite, executive, executives, business executive, executive suite, executive suites"O.K. Will somebody please bring me up to date?"
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boardroom, boardrooms, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business meeting, business meetings, office jargon, business jargon, jargon, buzzword, buzzwords, office phrase, office phrases, business phrases, business phrase, out of date, behind the times, colonial, colonial style, colonial styles, american history, colonial america, eighteenth century, eighteenth century, 1700s"I'm sorry, but Mr. Barclay is not putting up with people like you anymore."
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secretary, secretaries, pa, pas, personal assistant, personal assistants, gatekeeper, the gatekeepers, business meeting, business meetings, insult, insults, insulted, insulting, passing on the message, the messenger, reject, rejected, rejects, executives, executive, business executives, business executive, manager, managers, boss, bosses, business manager, business managers"I like it. It's dumb without trying to be clever."
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business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, executive, executives, manager, managers, meeting, meetings, business meetings, business meeting, board meeting, board meetings, advertising, advertisers, plan, plans, mock-up, mock up, mock-ups, mock ups, mockup, mockups, incompetence, incompetent, buzzword, buzzwords, corporate, corporation, corporations, corporate buzzword, corporate buzzwords, jargon, corporate jargon, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, dumb, dumbness