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Meaningful Negotiations?

Opting for Chinese food for lunch, the law partners decide in principle to share their dishes and, accordingly, before ordering, negotiate a comprehensive pre-victual agreement.

'We demand shorter hours.' - 'Right, your lunch hour comes down to forty minutes.'

"If you are amenable to that offer, I am prepared to respond with this facial expression."

"I'm filing for divorce Frank..."

"Oh, yeah? Well, we just put out a contract on you too!!!"

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

'Now that I have your attention...'

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

'I'll make my final decision on that promotion of yours, after this game.'

"Then we have an unspoken agreement?"

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

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

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

'Try and be negative in a positive way.'

Tug of Negotiation and Conciliation.

'Pick a contract...any contract!'

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

'As my solicitor I think you could have negotiated that better.'

Changing Minds

A Quiet Rebuke.

'Miss Finch, find out what she does over there and offer her twice as much to do it over here.'

'Maybe you should reconsider those place cards, Ms Harris?' (Negotiation talks/Good Guys/Bad Guys)

"Have your people call my people."

"Already sold your soul to the company? Listen, I'll have my people talk to their people."

"Let me get this, but keep in mind that you'll pay for it in other, more subtle ways later on."

"So do I take it that's a 'NO' to the pay rise?"

"Finally we have something in common...mutual distrust."

"Then he slammed the door on me!" "Not the closing you were hoping for."

'So, how much to remove this ugly old tree? $1750. It's not THAT ugly.'

"And when the extended warranty kicks in, we send you a big can of new car smell."

'Credit being what it is, I'm sure you won't mind if we see your 200,000 cattle first...'

It's a deal. You give me five analysts, three pundits, seven technicians and a soothsayer. I give you six experts, five professors, four consultants and a prognosticator.

"Let's say an immediate $10.00 allowance increase plus an annual 8% cost of living raise and I'll call him off."

"Before we begin, we'd like to remind you that we're an employee owned company."