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In reply to the discussion: So you’re in a room with a pack of crazed rabid hyenas. [View all]yogini
(35 posts)17. The point is knowing who you're negotiating with
isn't it? You don't bring flowers to a knife fight. Mistaking a pack of rabid, crazed hyenas for a pack of golden retreivers is a serious mistake.
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I would think the rabid hyenas would first take the great negotiator apart in pieces
snooper2
Jan 2013
#2
hyenas understand no rules, they are fearless....nothing can have immunity from a pack of hyenas
snooper2
Jan 2013
#6
Unfortunately there are forces on this planet that are more powerful than male loins.
alberg
Jan 2013
#9
Can't go in the other room, only Politicians and Negotiators are allowed in there.
alberg
Jan 2013
#5
This is about knowing who your negotiating with, what your negotiating for and the difference
alberg
Jan 2013
#11
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
alberg
Jan 2013
#41
This reminds me how much I miss Air America and Stepahnie Miller's "realllly BAD analogies" segment
tjwash
Jan 2013
#47
D: Kill the negotiator and make my escape while the Hyenas feed on his carcass.
Ganja Ninja
Jan 2013
#55