Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 17th November 2004

Dilbert//5695, first published 22 years ago on Wednesday 17th November 2004

Tags

vendor couldn't say no customized our needs assembled and insalled preloathing promises you won't keep

Open source transcript

THE VENDOR WHO COULDN'T SAY NO I NEED FIFTEEN UNITS BY TUESDAY.

YOU GOT IT.

I WANT THEM CUSTOMIZED FOR OUR NEEDS, ASSEMBLED, AND INSTALLED BY WEDNES- DAY.

YOU GOT ITI I'M LOATHING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR MAKING PROMISES YOU WON'T KEEP.

PRELOATHING: I GET THAT A LOT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Vendor Who Couldn't Say No"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled engineer, negotiating with a vendor.
• Dilbert requests 15 units by Tuesday, but the vendor agrees to deliver them by Wednesday instead.
• The vendor then asks for customized needs, which Dilbert agrees to.
• The vendor demands promises that won't be kept, and Dilbert reluctantly agrees.
• The vendor claims to be "loathing" Dilbert, but Dilbert is unaware of this.
• The vendor's true intentions are revealed when he says he gets a lot out of the deal, implying that he is taking advantage of Dilbert.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of vendors making unrealistic promises to secure business.

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