Little Negotiator Gifts

'Let's arbitrate.'

'I don't know what 'peer pressure' is, but it makes a GREAT excuse!'

"Come pick me up. This is going nowhere,"

"I'm the one who can talk him down, Dad. You give ME the fifty bucks."

'I'm about to have a tantrum. What are you doing?'

'Sure raising my allowance is great, daddy but what I really want is power of attorney!!

'I've been coming to Kindergarten every day for two weeks-- When do I get paid'

'At first I was grounded, but my lawyer was able to plea bargain it down to 30 minutes in the Time Out Chair.'

'My allowance isn't much - but I have a great benefits package!'

Boy in toy car talking on phone.

"I worked an hour cleaning my room and I only get $1.00 allowance? Haven't you heard of the minimum wage?"

'It certainly sounds like a fantastic offer, but I'm not supposed to answer the phone.'

'A raise in your allowance? I'll have to go and change into my suit before I can answer that.'

'I told my Mom either the sitter goes, or I go!'

"Ok mummy, perhaps this isn't so crummy!"

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

"I'm not giving up the present till I see the party bag."

"Sorry, we don't offer services for allowances."

"Plea bargaining with my mom is more like please bargaining."

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

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

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

'I'm glad you guys could work this out in a reasonable manner.'

"Frankly, now that he's an obnoxious teenager, I find it more and more difficult to muster the urge to protect him..."

"They're having a fight over how best to handle client conflict."

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

"Then we have an unspoken agreement?"

"That's it lads, 364 days annual leave...what would we have done without our union!"

'Mr. Dawson, about when I said 'don't pull any punches'...'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

'I ace 'wheeling' but I flunked 'dealing'' - Boy on leaving Business Administration.

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

'Gentlemen, I've been authorized to sweeten the offer.'

'Negotiations have reached an impasse, legal recommends we resort to violence.'