Business Battler Mugs

"Off to start your own company in the same business as ours...no, we don't mind at all."

"Tell me straight, doctor, how many more takeover battles do I have left in me?"

"You look sufficiently armoured for this afternoon's meeting."

"I intend to stay in this job, come Hell or high water."

"I'm not kidding, Phil! You really ARE the poster child for middle-aged, disillusioned and down-hearted businessmen everywhere!"

'I worry that Henderson's becoming too well entrenched.'

The future of warfare.

'Let me guess - you lost a fight against a young challenger who has now replaced you as the company's alpha male!'

"We have way too much micro-managing around here."

'You forget, I'm a blackbelt in powerpoint.'

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

'Hey, look, I can stand up and shout, too!'

Tug of Negotiation and Conciliation.

"Oh dear...I don't think negotiations are going too well..."

"I'm Jackson, your new micro-manager."

'Dog eat dog.'

'I'm moving up to be Chairperson-of-the-board. One of you will be President.' (Men have fencing swords).

The Buck Never Stops.

"We've had a major development this year that I'm excited to share with the employees."

"That's Hicks from the corporate office. He's adorable, but trust me—when it comes to acquisitions, he's an animal!"

"Oh good, you brought Robert's rules of order."

'That which does not kill me, make me stronger.'

'Budget cuts have forced us to drop our day-care program. I've contacted your mother to come and pick you up.'

Bureaucracy gone mad!

Fries and kids

"It's strictly business. Please don't take your financial ruin personally."

Dave cut costs and now realizes that in order to pass inspection, he may have to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the building inspector's son.

"Does it ever cross your mind that we make a lot of money because no one else wants to do what we do?"

Executive puts on brave face for board meeting.

'Ooops! My mistake. That was the yearly budget estimate, no the monthly estimate.'

Round 2 (office meeting being conducted like a boxing match).

"I've run every test known to man, and it turns out you're allergic to medical bills."

Meetings and Conventions - Warfare

'Not only can I not find the middle class tax cut, I can't find the middle class.'