I know the “sleazy salesman” character is a cliche. I know the vast majority of people in corporate sales are not that way. However, I have worked with many sales people over my years in the corporate world and I have found a certain percentage of them are, shall we say, “differently ethic’ed”.
Poor Biff was just unlucky enough to hire one of them.
Biff Sock Pow 
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The thing that always struck me was how, when two salesmen get together they hype each other into a frenzy, and what started as reasonable turns into something that that calls for a minor miracle to pull off. (Of course, it’s not the salesmen that have to pull off the miracle.) Then if you add someone who’s “differently ethic-ed”…
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There is no upper limit to the one-upmanship when two sales people get together. And, as you pointed out, it is up to everyone else (i.e. the innocent victims) to deliver on the wild-ass promises of the sales team. And then guess who gets the big bonuses when everyone delivers on the wild-ass promises? Yep. You’re right.
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Oh you do get to the meat of things with these comics. Cheers Biff
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Thank you, Wilt! I’m a big fan of your comics, so your words mean a lot to me. I always enjoy visiting your page and seeing your work.
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These are sooo good. The quiet, depth-charged humour….
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Thank you, Michael! I’d like to take credit for all this, but unfortunately I have worked with and for a lot of these people in my career. 🙂
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I see you are adding text to your cartoons. Is that bringing the readers back?
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Yes, I think it is helping. The readership of the comics seems to have risen slightly. Thanks for the great advice!
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Love that: “differently ethic-ed.” There’s a lot of that going around.
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Yes … way too much. Unfortunately, most of them seem to run for office. Lol!
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