Sometimes the PHP seems pretty witty, at least when he is compared to a lesser form of intelligence also called also higher Hierarchy level management according to Dilberts world
How smart of PHB to leave the most important reason why the employees are not motivated to the end, and to say it only when his personal involvement is covered by a demand from his superior. I think he's showing intelligence I never suspected he had.
I want to know that I can count on every one of you not to complain when I rob your pension trust fund to pay for my corporate retreat in Cancun that includes 20 hostesses from Eastern Europe and a private Rolling Stones concert, short our company stock through proxies in Zurich so that I can create a panic and buy back the stock at an artificially low price and give myself "worthless" options, and someone get me a fresh cup of coffee now.