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Disappointed salesman of Coca Cola

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A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment. A friend asked, “Why weren’t you successful with the Arabs?”

The salesman explained, “When I got posted in the Middle East, I was very confident that I will makes a good sales pitch as Cola is virtually unknown there. But, I had a problem I didn’t know to speak Arabic. So, I planned to convey the message through 3 posters…

First poster, a man crawling through the hot desert sand… totally exhausted and panting.

Second, the man is drinking our Cola and

Third, our man is now totally refreshed.

Then these posters were pasted all over the place”

“That should have worked,” said the friend.

The salesman replied, “Well, not only did I not speak Arabic, I also didn’t realize that Arabs read from right to left…”

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1. lolz

   Comment by javeed — November 4, 2007 #

2. old concept!!!!!

   thts y understanding consumer behavior is so imp!!!!

   Comment by shaer — November 4, 2007 #

3. too funny that the man didn’t realize that the Arabs read from right to left… huahuahua…..

   Comment by wan — November 8, 2007 #

4. hehe i like this one, cute

   Comment by shefa farheen — November 29, 2007 #

5. not bad but cood do betta lol but funny pure and common funny

   Comment by sabah — January 26, 2008 #

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