Awkward Meeting Expert Gifts

"I'm sorry, but I just never know what to do with my hand towels when I get nervous."

Very Difficult Conversations

What price beauty?

Now I'll open up the floor to questions and batsh*t crazy rants.

"Pardon us, Harrison, if the board fails to share your enthusiasm for the foliage up in Darien,"

"Ya know, boys and girls studying alone like this is strictly forbidden in Iran."

'Bonny, I've forgotten...What time is that 9 o'clock meeting tomorrow?...'

'The cow mooed, the pig oinked, the chicken clucked, I baaed and then we adjourned.'

'I'm not sure I want to see you again, but just in case, I've backed you up on a flash drive.'

"I'm hungry anyone else?"

'Don't look now but it's that guy from Pennsylvania that you dumped,'

After two years on zooms, Arthur was having trouble coping with face to face networking again. . .

"Right, 1:02 minutes to the corporate conference meeting."

'Of course it's lonely... you've fired everyone!'

'I would like to re-hear the idea we re-hashed before the re-jection.'

Send. End.

'En-counter'

"Why, Ed Phillips! I haven't seen you since our divorce!"

"Does this mean I have to talk to someone I don't know?"

"I can't come back to work at the office, sir. I've forgotten how to drive."

"I'm not used to communicating face-to-face. Can we conduct this interview via text?"

'For the remainder of this health and safety discussion, I shall refrain from leaning back too far on my chair.'

'It's not you it's me not liking you.'

A shy parish cleric seeking to talk business with a lady

'Don't look now but it's that guy from Pennsylvania that you dumped,'

'How can you possibly be busy washing your hair for the rest of your life???'

'I haven't quite worked out the logistics of working at home and being able to kiss up to the boss.'

"I'm beginning to think this niche networking isn't getting us anywhere."

"Mom, Dad – this is Gloria."

"Wall hugging won't get you past me without a 'Good morning', Carson."

"I was told I should embrace my mistakes."

"Plan B is firing however came up with Plan A."

'Nice of you to ask. My bronchitis is acting up, I have a collapsed lung, my acid-reflux is terrible, I have a heart murmur...'

"Would you prefer me to hover over you silently or awkwardly try to make small talk?"

"Of COURSE I run into the cute guy the day I just rolled out of bed but didn't roll in something smelly yet."