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Scare Tactics

The Most Intimidating Meeting Spots

Fear is a great motivator. Especially when you’re short on time and business needs to get taken care of. So, here: five ways to quickly motivate/potentially terrify colleagues into seeing things your way. The right way.

A GUN RANGE

Frisco Gun Club

The Plan: Invite a professional rival to the new Frisco Gun Club for some steak in the VIP lounge. Nice enough. Then for dessert, try the adjacent automatic-rifle range. Maybe keep that part a surprise.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “I never miss.”

AN OLD COURTHOUSE

The Courtroom at the Old Red Museum

The Plan: Rent out this restored trial courtroom, which dates back to 1892. Put a potential hire on the stand. Proceed to badger the witness.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “Remember, you’re under oath.”

A SUBSURFACE WINE CELLAR

The Cellar at Perry’s Steakhouse

The Plan: Arrange a client dinner in this underground wine vault. Order a round of pork chops and a couple bottles of red, and then get down to business... by repeatedly making subtle remarks about the location’s extreme privacy.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “Pretty sure these walls are soundproof.”

A HITCHCOCK-THEMED SUITE

The Raven Suite at Hotel ZaZa

The Plan: Schedule an afternoon of catered power meetings in the comfort of Hotel ZaZa. Specifically, in the black-and-red Raven suite. See, if Alfred Hitchcock were a hotel room, he’d be this one–creepy statues, stuffed birds, ominous... showers.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “Hope nobody minds that I invited my mother...”

A CLOSE SHAVE

The Gents Place

The Plan: Treat your target to a glass of whiskey and side-by-side straight-razor shaves in the leathery confines of the Gents Place. Sharp blades near soft necks have a way of encouraging compliance.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “Whatever you do, don’t sneeze.”