Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 23rd January 2004

Dilbert//5396, first published 22 years ago on Friday 23rd January 2004

Tags

profits down sales department warhouse book

Official transcript

"Profits are down, so we fired the sales department to reduce costs."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

PROFITS ARE DOWN, SO WE FIRED THE SALES DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE COSTS.

THIS STRATEGY HEAVILY DEPENDS ON PEOPLE DRIVING TO OUR WAREHOUSE AND BEGGING FOR OUR PRODUCTS.

DO YOU THINK I SHOULD WRITE ?

I'D TRY READING ONE FIRST.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The Unconventional Approach"

Summary:

• The comic strip depicts a company's sales department being fired due to financial losses.
• The company's CEO implements an unconventional strategy to reduce costs: he asks employees to drive to the warehouse and beg for products.
• An employee suggests writing a book instead, which the CEO considers a viable alternative.
• The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of the CEO's decision and the employee's creative solution.

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