“Iunderstand/hearwhat you aresaying”“Circumventthe statute”“Go downthat road”“So Nancy,you say themoney is notimportant“We want thesalary negotiationssettled so we canhave that finishedby the holidays”“We have afundamentaldisagreement”“To thegreatestextentpossible”“Legislation”“Based onourdiscussion”“This is allwe areallowed tooffer”Condescendingtone“Is thatwhatyou’resaying?”“Wedisagreewith that”“PermissiveBargaining” “It’s notin thebudget”“Theintent ofthestatute”“Mandatoryto bargain”“You’reaskingus to….”“Tooprescriptive”Implied: We aren’tdoing anything,but if you don’tagree, we don’thave to doanything.“Bifurcating”“We haveagreedalready”“Can I aska fewquestions?”Laurie’svoiceshrill withfrustration“Iunderstand/hearwhat you aresaying”“Circumventthe statute”“Go downthat road”“So Nancy,you say themoney is notimportant“We want thesalary negotiationssettled so we canhave that finishedby the holidays”“We have afundamentaldisagreement”“To thegreatestextentpossible”“Legislation”“Based onourdiscussion”“This is allwe areallowed tooffer”Condescendingtone“Is thatwhatyou’resaying?”“Wedisagreewith that”“PermissiveBargaining” “It’s notin thebudget”“Theintent ofthestatute”“Mandatoryto bargain”“You’reaskingus to….”“Tooprescriptive”Implied: We aren’tdoing anything,but if you don’tagree, we don’thave to doanything.“Bifurcating”“We haveagreedalready”“Can I aska fewquestions?”Laurie’svoiceshrill withfrustration

Bargaining Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. “I understand/hear what you are saying”
  2. “Circumvent the statute”
  3. “Go down that road”
  4. “So Nancy, you say the money is not important
  5. “We want the salary negotiations settled so we can have that finished by the holidays”
  6. “We have a fundamental disagreement”
  7. “To the greatest extent possible”
  8. “Legislation”
  9. “Based on our discussion”
  10. “This is all we are allowed to offer”
  11. Condescending tone
  12. “Is that what you’re saying?”
  13. “We disagree with that”
  14. “Permissive Bargaining”
  15. “It’s not in the budget”
  16. “The intent of the statute”
  17. “Mandatory to bargain”
  18. “You’re asking us to….”
  19. “Too prescriptive”
  20. Implied: We aren’t doing anything, but if you don’t agree, we don’t have to do anything.
  21. “Bifurcating”
  22. “We have agreed already”
  23. “Can I ask a few questions?”
  24. Laurie’s voice shrill with frustration