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The Most Intimidating Meeting Places Ever

There are a lot of ways to conduct business. Power lunches. Board meetings. Eighteen holes and a steak sandwich. But sometimes, that just doesn’t cut it. Sometimes, you really need to get your point across. Here now: five ways to do exactly that. Maybe start working on a waiver.

A GATHERING OF SHARKS

Nantucket Shark Divers

The Plan: Give an intern one last chance to see it your way. Then, head to ACK, motor 20 miles off the island and slip into a steel, chum-lined shark cage in mako-and-great-white-infested waters.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “They don’t build these cages like they used to.”

A FULLY ARMED AFTERNOON

American Firearms School

The Plan: Grab up to 25 coworkers and reserve a classroom. They’ll set it up as a lounge with catering and everything. Talk some shop. Then, instead of taking lunch, head to the indoor range and shoot a Ruger Mark III .22 pistol.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “My family doctor was John Holliday, so...”

A THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR

Gardner Museum’s Raphael Room

The Plan: Arrange a meeting with the suspected mole from your competitor’s office. And if possible, do it in an exact replica of the sitting room of a Florentine noble’s palace. (Hint: it’s possible.)
The Cold-Blooded Line: “You have chosen... unwisely.”

A BATTLE OF WITS

Leavitt & Peirce Tobacco

The Plan: Exchange important-looking papers and silver briefcases in what feels like a portal into a Fitzgerald novel. Use the small staircase in the corner and grab a chess table near the vintage crew gear. Let the negotiations/games begin.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “Checkmate.”

A CROSSING OF SWORDS

Boston Fencing Club

The Plan: Take a bunch of fencing lessons. Then, when you’re really good, invite your doppelgänger from the Cincinnati office to a friendly game of swords here.
The Cold-Blooded Line: “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to be gently poked by a dainty sword.”