Boris Yak, head of Yak Express, is holding a meeting with other members of the Yak Express board. This meeting is focused on how the new tariffs have been slowing down business.
Boris: “Alright, our profits have dropped nearly 30% this quarter. Does anyone have any idea why?”
Darlene: “Well, the humans have that new tariff in place.”
Oliver: “What on earth is a tariff? Is it yummy?”
Darlene: “No, silly, it’s a tax that humans pay. It makes things more expensive.”
Oliver: “Oh. Well, I know humans hate paying more for their luxuries.”
Boris: “That is an excellent point. And now humans have to pay extra for smaller shipments.”
Todd: “That stinks. We yaks mostly transport smaller shipments.”
Darlene: “We have to. It’s the only way to ensure quality and safety.”
Boris: “Of course. But that would certainly explain the decrease in business.”
Oliver: “We need to figure out how to offset costs.”
Todd: “Well, I think we need to put a hiring freeze in place. We may even have to discontinue lesser traveled routes.”
Darlene: “We also need to become more selective with the deliveries we take. No more heavy but cheap items.”
Boris: “Both are excellent ideas. I do hate to say this, but we may need to put some of our less productive yaks on furlough.”
Todd: “Let’s save that as a last resort.”
Boris: “Of course. In the meantime, let’s do a review of our yaks and our items serviced. We may be able to figure out which ones to get rid of.”
Darlene: “Well, there’s Petal, who delivers mostly food. I think we need to keep her on.”
Oliver: “There’s Wilbur, who delivers toys and electronics. The humans may be grumpy if we slow or stop his services.”
Todd: “There’s Kendall, who delivers furniture. Seems like an awful lot of work for one yak. I think we can pause Kendall’s route.”
Boris: “We also have Sam, who delivers luxury items like tuna and heated beds. Clearly, we need to keep him on, or there will be riots”.
The yaks continue to discuss routes. Finally, they’ve made their decisions on who to cut.
Boris: “Alright yaks, I think we’ve done a good job today. Does anyone have any closing thoughts?
The other yaks shake their heads. They’re all ready for the meeting to be over.
Boris: “Alright! Let’s go and have a nice bowl of steamed grass!”
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Adventures in Cheeseland 
What a fine collection of yaks!
Thank you!
Hi there im really sorry I haven’t been keeping up with your stories lately. I’ve been in the hospital for a week and still here. Hope all is well
I’m so sorry. Take care of yourself.
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Can’t wait to see their decision. Sad to have to cut anyone though.
Maybe they should do more work and less yaking. 😁 For some reason your post displays weird on my phone. Every sentence looks like this:
“Of course. But that would certainly explain
“.the decrease in business
It’s like the closing period and quote moved to the left of the second line.
I guess all the yaks still have their jobs. 🙂 XO
Such beautiful and unique animals. And yeah, I know people consider Mongolia and the Tibetan plain desolate, but I think it’s a beautiful landscape.
BTW just a heads up, I got an alert from my active scan just now on your site saying pawtracks dot com is a distributor of malware. Is that an affiliate link or something?
Tibet is gorgeous. That is not an affiliate. All the advertising is from WP because I have a free blog. The more followers, the worse it gets. I probably need to upgrade. I will notify WordPress