Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 19th January 2002

Dilbert//4662, first published 24 years ago on Saturday 19th January 2002

Tags

sales training sell to customer dare to be great prove worthiness beg

Official transcript

Headline: Sales Training. The speaker says, "Never sell to your customer. Make your customer sell to you."

The speaker continues, "Our products are only for those who dare to be great! Make the customer explain why he is worthy."

Dilbert is meeting with a customer. Dilbert says, "You heard me, Goober. Now beg for our product."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

SALES TRAINING NEVER SELL TO YOUR CUSTOMER. MAKE YOUR CUSTOMER SELL TO YOU.

PLEASE OUR PRODUCTS ARE ONLY FOR THOSE WHO DARE TO BE GREAT! MAKE THE CUSTOMER EXPLAIN WHY HE IS WORTHY.

WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?

YOU HEARD ME, GOOBER.

NOW BEG FOR OUR PRODUCT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Sales Training"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a sales training session where the instructor emphasizes the importance of making the customer feel worthy. He advises against selling to customers and instead encourages them to make the customer sell to them. The customer, however, is not convinced and asks why he is worthy.

The instructor's response is met with skepticism by the customer, who questions the purpose of the product. The customer then asks the instructor to explain why he is worthy, leading to a humorous exchange between the two.

The comic strip pokes fun at the common sales tactic of making customers feel special in order to make a sale, highlighting the absurdity of this approach.

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