Chart Challenger Gifts

'Simms is causing some real morale problems with the sales staff.'

"Here's your problem."

Falling sales negatively correlated to rising blood pressure.

"I hope this makes it clearer!"

'The numbers don't look quite so bad along with the hard liquor.'

'I don't understand. Is our performance going up or down?'

"Chocolate? I can't be allergic to chocolate! I'm a kid, can't you say I'm allergic to spinach or broccoli?"

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

'My imaginary playmate can whip your imaginary playmate!'

"Thank you for that summation of the charts."

Sales chart is buildings in background.

'Great news this quarter! Losses are up in smoke, profits are high, and we're seeing lots of green!'

'Today the stock market was moribund, as growth equities sputtered and bonds dipped due to the inverted yield curve. I'd translate that into layman's terms...but they don't pay me enough.'

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

'The good news is we're projecting a profit. The bad news is, none of us will be alive then.'

ACME Balloon Company.

"As you can see, sales have been a little erratic lately..."

'Stocks were up on news that no performance enhancing drugs were used to achieve today's highs. . .'

"Note the spike here, when the state legalized marijuana."

Three businessmen using a pulley system to change a graph

'Careful, that's where the boss keeps his ego.'

"I love your optimism."

"Now this chart should clear up any confusion you have with the report."

'Perkins, you really know to suck the joy out of a 3rd quarter report.'

"Thank you, Harris - I get the picture."

"I never dreamed I'd ever enjoy watching my figure this much."

'And right here they merged...'

"Remember that optimistic, slightly crazy, throw a dart at the wall forecast? We beat it."

Greatest hits, Greatest Misses.

"Oh, I can't complain"

Graph

"We've met our target on a 25% uplift in sales but that still leaves us 100% bankrupt."

'This is why we can't have nice things... '

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