Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 30th May 2021

Dilbert//11733, first published five years ago on Sunday 30th May 2021

Frequent Victims Club

Tags

business, join, frequent, victim, club, beverage, minute, dollar, track, purchases, sell, data, colleagues, stores, customer, servey

Official transcript

man with red apron: would you like to join our frequent victims club?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR FREQUENT VICTIMS CLUB?

NO, I JUST WANT TO BUY THIS BEVERAGE.

YOU COULD SAVE A DOLLAR IF YOU JOIN NOW. IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE.

I DON'T WANT YOU TRACKING MY PURCHASES AND SELLING MY DATA.

IF YOU DON'T SIGN UP, MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL PESTER YOU TO DO IT EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO BUY SOMETHING.

I'LL TAKE MY BUSINESS ELSEWHERE!

NO, YOU WON'T.

BECAUSE OTHER STORES ARE JUST AS BAD AS WE ARE.

I AM NOT A VICTIM!

TELL THAT TO THE CUSTOMER SURVEY IM ABOUT TO PESTER YOU INTO DOING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Victim or Not a Victim"

Summary:

This Dilbert comic strip revolves around a store clerk's frustration with being asked to join a "Frequent Victims Club." The customer requests to buy a beverage, but the clerk declines, citing the store's poor sales performance. The customer persists, claiming to be a victim and offering to pester the clerk to buy something. The clerk, exasperated, refuses to participate, stating that other stores are just as bad and that he is not a victim. The customer, undeterred, decides to take his business elsewhere.

Key Points:

• The comic strip highlights the absurdity of a customer's request to join a "Frequent Victims Club" and the store clerk's refusal to participate.
• The customer's persistence and the clerk's frustration are comedic elements of the strip.
• The theme of the comic strip is the customer's refusal to accept responsibility for their actions and their attempt to manipulate the store clerk into buying something.

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