the office

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this crap browser that i am using won't let me format, but if you look at my last two posts you can see that i was trying to start a trend.

basically, today was the best day of the summer because it was exactly like the office.
we met with the 'buyers' for one of the companies and sat in on one of their weekly meetings. it was absolutely mind numbing, and no one in the room would have disagreed with me. and then the buyers told us about their vendors. and how they go to trade fairs to keep track of the vendors' products. so basically the sales crew in 'the office' are the vendors and i was with their counterparts today, the buyers.

and thennn, during the meeting, the 40 something british man named ashley with frosted tips started flirting with the 30 something filipino woman with braces and gave her a chocolate. she kept saying "merry christmas" whenever he delivered good news.

as if that wasn't enough... the buyers' manager (yes that's michael scott,for those of you keeping track at home)started telling us his 15 rules of negotiation!!! the most insightful being "always think like a dolphin". i can't wait until tomorrow to try out some of my negotiation skills on him, like suddenly changing the location of the meeting, or refusing to speak first!!!

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tonight i will spend all of my free time on wikipedia, learning the art of negotiation (and reverse psychology)