Networking Dinner Gifts

'Why Mr.Jones.. Is that you playing FTSE with me under the table? '

'Very impressive educational background...now let's discuss WHO you know.!

Networking

'Gosh, really? You've never been on any reality show at all?'

Glass Ceiling

'I don't understand. You've wasted the whole interview going on and on about what you know... I think you'd better start telling me who you know.'

"Thank God! Someone to network with!"

I work for a not for profit business. Mind you, two years ago it was a 'for profit' business.

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

"I'm Kurt... this brochure will explain the rest."

'One thing about being in the drivers seat -- you pay for the gas.'

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

'He was hosting a business dinner for 300. Those were his last words.'

Unintelligible speaker at Subway Announcers Dinner.

'Due to budget cutbacks we are combining our annual employee dinner with The Seven Basic Quality Control Tools Training.'

'Thanks for inviting me to dinner - it's really great!'

Big Talk/Small Talk.

"You've got to blurb me to her."

'The Boss is coming to dinner tonight - please don't open a can of worms again.'

All day I design high tech communication devices...yet at a party I'm lost without name tags.

"I figure if I don't have that third martini, then the terrorists win."

"I know - it takes skill to sneak a peek at their tiny tags when you can't remember their names."

Being the gentleman he was, Brian insisted on paying in restaurants even though he suddenly realised that dating a bacterium was going to be more expensive than he first thought.

'What I meant by 'quark' in 'Finnegans Wake' was a hypothetical particle with a fractional electric charge.

"He's networking again!"

"Nothing beats work events to mingle, build relationships, and backstab fellow colleagues."

"Seems like all of Nancy’s nonprofit work is going to her head."

David Cameron: 'Is there a volunteer in the house?'

"I'd like you two to meet Will and Diane Clampett. Will is the powerful chairman and chief executive officer of a large multinational corporation, and Diane is his passive-aggressive wife."

Haute C. E. O., Business Couture - Lean In.

'Nice to meet you... And I don't use that phrase lightly.'

Men Networking

'I know these cigars are expensive, Jeff. But you really should learn when to stub them out.'

'I hear these days, you while away your time pretending to look for work on the internet.'

"I'm NOT pontificating!"