Entertaining Customers After the Expense Account Cuts

In this Kaapi with Ravi cartoon, corporate cost-cutting hits the “customer entertainment” budget.

With expense accounts cuts, creativity steps in — sometimes awkwardly. The flute-playing salesman here reminds us that in most offices, “making do” often becomes the new normal.

What begins as a financial decision soon turns into a cultural one — how we host, engage, or even build relationships changes with every budget line.

A dry reminder that the show must go on, even if the music has changed.

What’s the most creative (or awkward) way your team handled customer meetings after budgets were tightened?

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