They mean 2030 as in coming up on 9pm. They'll be out for a pint at the month end, then the sales manager has to tot up the figures and have his tea before the pay slips go out
Honestly, if you are going to "cow poo" the punters it has to be believable. I'd have been undecided between walking and playing with the clown who came up with 2030. He could start by taking a deposit on one, giving me a delivery date (remember the old East German joke*
) and telling me what colour it will be.
It's believable that sales team have a bet running that anyone who sells the pink Harley they took in part-ex 18 months ago gets a bottle of whisky.
It's believable that Honda UK has ordered a glut of Fireblades because they think it's 1998 and hasn't got the cash to get in Forza's.
It's possible Honda does have a production or type approval issue and just doesn't know a date (see Citroen airbag debacle).
* Helmut walks into the beer keller smiling ear to ear. The bar man asks why. He says he's getting his new Trabant on August 3rd 1994. The bar man points out that's 11 years away, hardly something to be happy about. Helmut says they wanted it to be on August 28th but they brought it forward when he said he couldn't make it, he's got a dentist's appointment that day.
Andy
