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So this is a bit of a surprise. What's the reason, David?

Well, to be quite frank with you, I'm not very impressed with your output of work at the moment.

Your figures are down. They've been down for the last four months.

So, to be fairly blunt with you, I thought I'd do it face to face rather than over the telephone, but I'm going to have to let you go.

What? No, surely, surely. I can improve. I can improve. Just give me a chance and I will get the figures back up.