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

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