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

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