(Sales have dropped! Larry Hunter, the Marketing Manager of B&N, calls a meeting at short notice.)
Gregory:	Do you know why we are here?
Richard:	No. I have no idea. He just popped in and told me there would be a meeting at 3.
Amy:	I'm afraid it's about cuts. I saw him this morning and he's not happy.
Larry:	Bad news! I guess you've all seen last month's sales figure for the laptop X600.
Amy:	No, actually I haven't.
Richard:	Me, neither.
Larry:	Oh, well, there's a twenty-one percent drop from July.
Gregory:	Twenty-one percent? That's a disaster!
Amy:	I suppose you're going to blame my sales team.
Larry:	No, Amy. We are not going to blame anyone. Not today. We need to decide what we are going to do about it.
Richard:	Wait. Before we go on, can we have a look at these poor figures?
Larry:	Sorry, I'm not sure if I have ... Ah, yes, I've got a few copies here.
Larry:	As you can see ...
Amy:	Larry, I want you to know that it's not my fault! My people have been working really hard to promote sales.
Larry:	Yes, yes, I know. But the fact is that the results are not good.
Richard:	Maybe we can change ...
Amy:	You should trust your team! There are always ups and downs in sales!
Larry:	Look, Amy. I do have confidence in my team! I have called this meeting to see what my team suggests we do! So shall we get on with it? I suppose we can start by finding out why we are having these poor results. Gregory, would you please give us an analysis of these figures?
Gregory:	Er ... Sorry, I don't have anything prepared since I didn't know ...
Larry:	Oh, well ...