In the Restaurant
Carl RITCHIE: You know, my sales director still moans at me for agreeing to that sale at $97.50 per square meter.
Margaret PEAKE: He’s wrong. You fought your corner well.
Carl RITCHIE: That’s true. But I feel that I made a mistake when I responded to your attack by counterbidding at $99.
Margaret PEAKE (amused): Really?
Carl RITCHIE (concentrating, seeking to collect his thoughts): Yes. It was as if I’d wasted my ammunition in a split-second!
Margaret PEAKE (nodding her head): Yes, there’s no doubt you gave away $1 for nothing.
Carl RITCHIE: For nothing? One dollar was a lot of money to me!
Margaret PEAKE: But Carl, you gave that $1 up so quickly that it meant nothing to me: It just made me think that you could go much further. ...
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