The other day a major company had a meeting at my hotel. They requested a large number of flipcharts for some kind of training event. After it was over, I went in to take everything down and the room was full of flipcharts that said things like:

• “Other than the price being too high do you have any other concerns regarding ESP?”


• “Other than cost is there any other questions about ESP?”


• “Is it the price or the payment?”


• “So you feel the ESP price is too high?”


• “So what are you saying, is the price of ESP too high?”

I have a couple questions. First: Is this company planning to sell the secret of Extra Sensory Perception to the public? Second: Was this training session held so salespeople could practice scoffing at customers? “So wait. Are you saying the price is too high??”