Business Mingler Gifts

'I gained many useful leads, renewed relationships with various potential customers and established a number of contacts...'

"Just remember if we don't enjoy it we can claim it as a tax-deductible business meeting..."

"We'd better talk some business, or else I can't claim this on expenses."

"In recognition of last month's little upward blip, I suggest we allow ourselves a spontaneous victory fist bump."

Boss's Desk Says No!

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

"Mr. Johnson, Bob is kicking me under the table!"

Receptionist covers for boss by saying he's out of the office.

"I don't know anything about art, but this is a damned good Martini."

'I'll show you mine, if you show me yours.'

Of course I always start off by wooing a prospective candidate with talk of stimulating work,great colleagues and a reasonable work life balance...but the winning argument is always when I promise them enough money to choke a rhino.

Office temperature.

'What I don't like about computers is that you can't fire them.'

"While he was in Paris, Warren knew Picasso, Miró, Hemingway, Stravinsky, Cocteau, and Fitzgerald. Nothing ever came of it."

"Sinclair's not all he's cracked up to be. His reputation exceeds him."

'Lateral hires are always told we do things differently here.'

'We need to boost our earnings by giving our earnings a boost.'

"No need to remind me. I'm well aware that I've forgotten completely about you."

Macho talk from down in accounting.

"My feeling is that while we should have the deepest respect for reality, we should not let it control our lives."

"An open one-to-one environment is what you want, an open one-to-one environment is what you get, Ms Praed."

Kind- hearted, nature-loving Jeff built a new improved bird table.

"I don't know 'where I've been all of your life', but wherever it was, I wish I was there now!"

"At the end of the day, Maureen, wake me up."

'This isn't a non-profit-making organization you know! Or at least, it wasn't until you started working here!'

I'm a gangster rap fan too!

Fisher, this memo of yours, it needs more punch

"It's not backstabbing if I tell our boss how lame you are while you're sitting here, is it?"

Boss to employee: 'You think you've got burnout? Are you sure it's not dry rot?'

'All my venture capital is tied up in Miss Umpley, there.'

"I finally got that order off Benson last night. He signed it with a chopstick and soya sauce."

'I'd never bite the hand that feeds me - but I won't pull its finger, either.'

"This is a computer speaking. I will now misconnect you and your party."

'Jerry, The Hermans take the same pharmaceuticals we do!'

"Ssssh. . . it's time for his verbal warning."