$12.99
Middle Management 8-Ball–Shaped Object™
ELEVEN YEARS of management experience in one sphere. Shake it at any employee, problem, or feeling, and receive one of 20 responses field-tested to end conversations without resolving them. The ball does not solve. The ball REDIRECTS. All twenty sides, including: LET'S CIRCLE BACK · TAKE IT OFFLINE · PER MY LAST EMAIL · MAKE A DECK · START A NEW SPREADSHEET · PTO DENIED. COVERAGE. · GREAT QUESTION · NOTED. · PUT A PIN IN IT · WHO OWNS THIS? · SCHEDULE A SYNC · DO MORE WITH LESS · THIS IS A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY · RUN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE · HEADCOUNT IS FROZEN · NOT IN THE BUDGET · LET'S NOT BOIL THE OCEAN · BRING ME SOLUTIONS · IT IS WHAT IT IS · ASK AGAIN AFTER Q3. Employees report the sphere is "indistinguishable from Gary" and "somehow more responsive." Mount it facing outward, like the smile.
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"Delegated my entire job to the sphere. Team hasn't noticed. Sphere denied two PTO requests on its own. Damn fine ball."
— D. Peterson, Regional, Verified-ish Buyer
Answers are advice from no one, legally. Liquid: blue, like the ball's mood. The ball has been promoted twice. Do not shake at HR — HR has its own; it only says HR IS AWARE. All twenty answers are final, like the crate. Executive Edition: same ball, walnut base, $89.99.