Navigating Silence in Negotiations

Here's that painful, painful

internet silence

So are you good with her asking a question or no?

He said no.

Waiting for the clip.

Okay. So you wanna wait for the clip first.

Okay.

You guys have it in the back?

Okay, beautiful.

You guys in jeopardy.

They told me they had it, so that's what I heard.

Okay, there we go. Come on, guys.

Just like, was so painful. I allowed it.

I totally allowed the silence because, A, never get in the way of your opponent

when they're making a mistake. It was such a completely nutty thing

to say and to do. "No, I'm just gonna wait for the clip.

You can't say anything." And it was a lie.

And I thought, let him do this because it's just going to

demonstrate his emotional

instability, that he is trying to assert control because he

knows that he's

lost it. Also, I was not going to argue with him about a

nonexistent

contract clause and waste energy.

I mean, the ou- or just debate about the contract seemed

ridiculous.

And lastly, if you consider it,

I made $418 and 63 cents during that

16-second silence. What is there to complain about?

You want me to be quiet?

What do you... Okay. Okay.

I gotcha. I'll be silent. That's a lot of money to make to be quiet