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

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