[rachelbythebay]

Sometimes I wonder if I should hire a token guy to act as a firewall for bargaining purposes. Then when it came time to bid for a project, I'd bid X, and he would bid X+Y as himself, but secretly he'd be working for me. If his (obviously higher) bids were accepted over mine, it would suck, but at least I'd get the business. His only job would be to be the figurehead. I'd be doing all of the magic behind the scenes.

It might be a sobering experiment.