These ships have sailed

Still available. Matted, framed, gorgeous. Give Laurie a call, but hurry, the yachts are going fast.

Company policy says that salesmen may not solicit employees at their desks. About 20 years ago, the general manager got a call from the receptionist reporting somebody loose in the building, who was trying to sell artwork to employees at their work stations against company policy.
Stan jumped up immediately to 86 the miscreant.
As he firmly informed the unlicensed solicitor of the no-soliciting policy and urged him out the front door, the persistent huckster slowly backed away, valiantly holding up his samples, doggedly displaying the framed artwork with a broad grin and repeating that these slight irregulars were only $25 each, even less than that for Stan if he would take more than one.

As Stan pushed the back-peddler out the door, the graceful racing yachts caught his eye. Hmmm. Very appealing, actually. Relaxing, calming, he thought. And there was a huge blank wall in the conference room. Before long, Stan was out in the parking lot, choosing six professionally matted and framed prints from the open trunk of the never-say-die salesman's car.
Business Manager Laurie Hartmann just rolled her eyes as she cut Susceptible Stan a check to pay for them. The beautiful framed prints were first hung on the conference room wall, and years later were moved to a new location in the front desk area.
Alas, there's no place for these gorgeous classic renderings of The America's Cup competition at the new "Google-plex" office, so on moving day last week the entire fleet was left behind for disposal at the company garage sale and giveaway.
A mischievous Laurie set them all aside for Stan … who swallowed hard and passed on the opportunity to take them home.
Laurie just wasn't as convincing as the original salesman.

Goodbye to her corner office. She's got a new one, but apparently already has enough artwork for it.