Meeting Mavericks Prints

'Well, another important meeting, and once again, I seem to be the only one from the department who remembered to wear his game face!'

'I know it wouldn't hurt them to come! Maybe that's why they're not here.'

'As I see it, our choices are 'no' and 'hell no'.'

'I want ideas so bold, so wildly innovative, so undeniably brilliant that they retain a shred of originality after everyone picks them to pieces.'

'I sometimes wonder if these endless meetings accomplish anything.'

'Can't he ever use a different kind of chart?'

Targets.

'Surely they're not ALL still in their offices!'

"He's not sleeping. He always dims his display while downloading data."

"Every now and then, I find myself in a room filled with people who are wrong."

"Since I am chairman, it behooves me to go first. 'What I Did Over My Summer Vacation,' by Wilson Rupert Hewes."

'Who wants the talking stick?'

"We must kill this initiative, so let's mainstream it."

"I liked it better when you used gobbledygook."

"Who ordered the bravest tuna on all the seven seas, anointed with the spice of faraway lands, on wheat toast?"

"Anything goes today: I want this to be a free and open discussion of my entrenched positions."

Employee attending a breakfast meeting in his pyjamas.

"Seriously, I'm not lost: I'm a travel writer..."

The Acme Agency: Dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of media exposure.

'I say we try it.'

"The result of our last meeting are impressive: 3 completely solved crossword puzzles, 7 battleship matches, 5 shopping lists, and 26 really funny doodles."

Management Speak - reading between the lines: "This new role would involve some extra responsibilities." "He wants me too work twice as hard."

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'

'Life isn't fair! Most of the stuff I worried about over the years never even happened!'

"We have a REALLY high turnover rate here."

"Oops! Wrong plug."

"Your Easter bonuses are hidden throughout corporate headquarters."

'A simple, 'profits are up', would have sufficed.'

'My micro is so good it's beginning to grow into the macro.'

'If you know what's good for you Allan, you'll let me pass.'

'First, I'd like to welcome the presidents of the two internet networking companies that just merged with us.'

"Gotta go. My ten o'clock is here."

'Let's go around the room, and talk about the edgy, creative things we've done so far today.'

"They say it's the first sign of aging - not being able to keep up with new technology."

"Let's all go out & get drunk."