High-stakes Meeting Survivor Pillows

Lethal Presentation

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"How's everybody doing? I'm not boring you, am I?"

Can't Do the Math/Won't Do the Math.

'That last meeting was a complete turn-off.'

"I was hoping there'd be no meetings here."

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

'I don't want your input until you produce some output.'

"Oh no. Is that my ex?"

The vice-president in charge of sincerity

'Something tells me this is going to be a long meeting.'

"For cryin' out loud, Frank, we don't have all day! Cut to the cheese!"

'It never fails. I offer a tiny bit of constructive criticism, and everybody accuses me of carping!'

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

"Of course I have a life. Not one worth living, mind you."

"Well, let's quickly put Ken's incredibly incendiary remarks behind us and hopefully continue the discussion in a simmering rage."

'Brains...brains...brains...'

'Thanks, Brian, for your thoughtful and constructive proposal. Without further ado, we'll now dive into malicious, envy-based criticism, character assassination and petty bickering!'

'Do we want to tackle this head on, or just stun it with a glancing blow until next Monday?'

Unsuccessful board meeting.

Meeting not going well?"

"Sorry I'm late, boss...I forgot about today's video meeting!"

'Your job description is fairly simple: Stay in your cubicle and try not to make things worse.'

"Maybe you do have all the answers but they didn't match any of our questions."

"It drives me mad when people act as though we had nothing to do except write moronic memorandum..."

violence in workplace

'Don't go too far out on a limb - he'll send you to a branch office.'

"Hold your questions until I've talked so long no one knows or cares what you're asking about."

"Recent research has yielded some frightening results...It turns out we are a business team held forever on a presentation chart, locked away in a supply closet."

"I've called this meeting so I could see all of you squirm."

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

There's a real disconnect going on here.

"It's hard to manage a staff meeting in a company whose employees all have laser pointers."

The Department of Lessons Learned...

'And this chart shows our rate of growth.'