Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 16th October 2005

Dilbert//6028, first published 21 years ago on Sunday 16th October 2005

Tags

take the chair don't sell chairs sell hope hope of chairs ship in 2 months call and yell buy a chair

Official transcript

SALE "I'll take that chair."

"Excellent choice."

"Now sit there quietly and try not to ask the one question that will kill this sale."

"Is the chair in stock?"

"GAAA!!!"

"The truth is that we don't sell chairs at all. We sell the hope that a chair will someday be made for you."

"How long will that take?"

"If I could answer that question, it would be the same as selling you an actual chair."

"How about if I tell you it will ship in two months, and you call and yell at me every three months for eternity?"

"Did you buy a chair?"

"There's no way to know."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'LL TAKE THAT CHAIR.

EXCELLENT PUATAC NOW SIT THERE QUIETLY AND TRY NOT TO ASK THE ONE QUESTION THAT WILL KILL THIS SALE.

IS THE CHAIR IN STOCK? THE TRUTH IS THAT WE DON'T SELL CHAIRS AT ALL. WE SELL THE HOPE THAT A CHAIR WILL SOMEDAY BE MADE EOR YOU HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE?

IF I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS SELLING YOU AN ACTUAL CHAIR.

HOW ABOUT IF I TELL YOU IT WILL SHIP IN TWO MONTHS, AND YOU CALL AND YELL AT ME EVERY THREE MONTHS FOR ETERNITY?

DID YOU BUY A CHAIR?

THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW.

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