Drabble: Negotiation

A dialogue only exact drabble

"So, what's the game plan?"

"The what?"

"The game plan. You know. The strategy for the meeting."

"For one thing it's to stop using Americanisms like that, or 'touching base' - we're neither American nor athletes."

"What about 'grounded'?"

"That's a military term, I believe. And hardly relevant in either its original term or the current context of stopping a teenager from leaving the house as a form of punishment."

"Fine. So, what's the strategy?"

"Same as always. Let them speak first, laugh at their initial offer, reduce it by half as a counter-offer, and then see where we're at."

Edited version of a previous work now posted and promoted as my #writingwednesday at the professional blogs
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