Sitting in a Budget meeting

Notes From The Cube while sitting in a Budget meeting . . .

Prez sez: "It's all about cutting" - positive way to look forward to next year, 'thought we were "doing better than ever before" according to the monthly President's Message

Prez sez: "We'll find our cuts in the low hanging fruit" - didn't we hear that 2 years ago when talking about "first profits"?

Wow, the smell of $$$ panic

[Note to Polly, under the table: mmmmm, now we rearrange the figures again - keeps us employed another week on useless exercises: the total is the same.]

Clark doesn't know what the f--- he's talking about

[A little explanation here: Clark is the CFO - Chief F--- Off or Financial Officer, whichever you prefer. But Clark has latched on to a key word today, "organic," and seems to think that anything that isn't "organic" is unnecessary. What the hell is he talking about?!]