Securing Business Deal Pillows

"I take it we got the account."

'Finally! A meeting with one of the bigwigs.'

'It's a deal, lets sniff bottoms!'

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

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

'You'll be happy to see that I've finally managed to turn things around.'

Do you want to win the game or my business?

Money exchange

"Nice work on that German contract. You've made your mark, Ashworth."

'Competition is good...unless it's too good.'

'First, the Rules of Engagement for this meeting ...'

"Anyway, we'd love to have You on board for the Creighton deal."

"I always cry at mergers."

"...That's agreed then, we raise our salaries by 40%..."

"And here you see where we successfully concluded the merger to everyone's mutual benefit."

'Watch it...I'm carrying a concealed weapon...my lawyer.'

'The contracts look good. Why don't you have your disgusting pests call my disgusting pests.'

The contract was not worth the paper it was written on, which considering the paper was not a good sign.

'You may have three mergers.'

"My loophole out-loopholes your loophole."

'So, summing up: we 'like' you and you 'like' us.'

Let's shake on it.

'He's out massaging,manipulating and monopolising.'

Book Deal

'In conclusion, the supplier who can repeat this phrase fastest with least mistakes wins the catering contract...'

"It sounds good so far, are there any strings attached?"

'That's the way I remember him...always cooking up a deal.'

"I was hoping we could avoid the middleman"

'Our strategy is to begin the meeting with an ironclad no-negotiation policy - and negotiate from there.'

'It's not a stick-up, it's a merger offer.'

The aspirin deal has given him a headache.

One man thinking 'merger', the other thinking 'takeover'.

'I thought we'd get a merger agreement, so I arranged for our accountant teams to be on hand.'

'We structured the deal so that you'll need a lawyer to explain it.'