Cost-cutting Wizard Prints

"I know we said we would get you a laptop.. but this will have to do until business gets better."

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

Gerry, there are more accurate ways of balancing the petty cash.

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

"We balanced our budget this month!"

"Post Covid it was clear that the old 9-5 was no longer viable, our industry lends itself to home working."

Phil would get giddy after a large print run, but the company was saving a fortune.

The Affordable Shredder

Once again overbudget and past dealine, the predatory boa constractor adroitly squeezes the life from its victim's wallet.

You can't fool all of the people all of the time, especially with our advertising budget.

'Phone for help? Are you mad? Have you any idea how much it costs to use a mobile abroad?'

"To save money, 5 employees will share the same computer. I got the idea while I was carpooling."

'The sick economy isn't why J.B.has cut back on spending. He always was a tightwad.'

Janet always was ahead of the curve...she outsourced herself.

'Wow, my own desk!'

'We'll talk later, Ed, but for now we have a quick and dirty solution to your objections.'

"Do you know that we saved a ton of money on legal fees by being more ethical?"

"Gee, Dave, a proposal to balance the budget wasn't really what I was expecting."

math faculty

Sales - We could try a 'free offer' but it would cost us.

'With the economy the way it is, I'm going to have to let one of you go.'

'If I'm going to do an effective job of reducing costs, I'm going to need a bigger budget.'

Illogic Tree

"As company chairman I'd like to thank you all for participating in the evenings entertainment and saving me �4000."

"The company must save money. That's why we've got to be easy on the carpet."

'A belt will have to be tightened...not the cars...yours.'

Serious bummer! The bank says I'm overdrawn.

Cancel that turkey and prawn sandwich...

'Good news I'm ten percent under budget.'

'And finally, there's option three, a classic business model that would reduce our marketing, supply-chain and production expenses by 85 percent!' '

'The gas bill is a lot bigger than usual.'