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[Shinji09]

Fun thing I came across in an interview with Todd Mcfarlane "I can take advantage of people’s bladders. I’ve got a strong bladder. It’s true! Here’s how you take advantage of that. You get these punk-ass lawyers and three-piece-suit guys, and they come to my office, and it wasn’t an accident that where I used to draw, the sun would be straight this way [he shoots his hands toward me] and it would go straight past me, right to where I’d sit them. In the sun. Now, if you’ve never been to Phoenix in the summer? [His offices are located near Phoenix.] It is excruciatingly hot. Especially if you’re wearing a three-piece suit. So what I do is, I sit them strategically in a place where the sun is coming right through the window and they’re getting hotter and hotter. I’ve actually turned up the heat in my room, ’cause I’m like a cockroach — I’ve adapted. But these guys haven’t.

So what do you do to somebody who’s hot? You give ’em water and you be a good host! You pour water into them. But you make sure that, before you started the conversation, you say, “None of us leaves this room until this is settled.” And I can sit there for hours. And I can start to see when they start to move and wiggle in their seat. And I go, It’s happening. It’s percolating. And by some point, you can just see them go, “Unnghh! Fine! You can have that! You can have that point! Fine, you get that point! That’s fine! Are we done? Is this over? Yeah, good! Where’s your bathroom!” I’ve had that conversation plenty of times. The next question is, “Fine, where’s your bathroom?” So you gave it to me because you’ve got a weak bladder? [Shakes head.] Not mine."
https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/todd-mc ... o-one.html

[Brian]

That's an eye-opener!
I bet none of the victims of Todd McFarlane's technique dared to let on to anyone else why they had capitulated in the deals so they didn't warn others not to need a pee while in negotiation with him. I can see how it would work.

[Fred]

In a confrontation, the guy who asks for a bathroom break is showing a weakness, giving his opponent a psychological advantage.