Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 20th September 2009

Dilbert//7463, first published seventeen years ago on Sunday 20th September 2009

Tags

meeting bleak pessimistic doom beating angry economy violence business

Official transcript

Strategy Meeting Man says, "The weak economy is limiting our strategic options."

Man says, "I won't sugarcoat anything."

Man says, "Option one is a long slide to oblivion."

Oblivion Man says, "Option two is a death spiral."

Man says, "Our new company logo is a man getting sucked into a toilet."

Man says, "Our revised mission statememnt is 'Forage during daylight. Hide at night.'"

Man says, "I'll pass out clubs, and you can decide among yourselves how to downsize by fifty percent."

Wally says, "Is it just me or was it better when they sugarcoated?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

STRATEGY MEETING THE WEAK ECONOMY IS LIMITING OUR STRATEGIC OPTIONS.

I WON'T SUGARCOAT ANYTHING.

OPTION ONE IS A LONG SLIDE TO OBLIVION.

OPTION TWO IS A DEATH SPIRAL.

OUR NEW COMPANY LOGO IS A MAN GETTING SUCKED INTO A TOILET.

OUR REVISED MISSION STATEMENT IS "FORAGE DURING DAYLIGHT. HIDE AT NIGHT." - OBLIVION I'LL PASS OUT CLUBS.

AND YOU CAN DECIDE AMONG YOURSELVES HOW TO DOWNSIZE BY FIFTY PERCENT.

IS IT JUST ME OR WAS IT BETTER WHEN THEY SUGAR COATED?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Sugar-Coated Mission Statement"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with brown hair, in a meeting with his colleagues. The meeting's purpose is to discuss the company's mission statement, which has been revised to include the phrase "forage during daylight, hide at night." Dilbert expresses his dissatisfaction with the new statement, stating that it is "sugar-coated" and that the company is limiting its strategic options.

Key Elements:

• Dilbert's frustration with the revised mission statement
• The phrase "forage during daylight, hide at night" being added to the statement
• Dilbert's use of the term "sugar-coated" to describe the statement
• The company's limitation of strategic options

Overall:

The comic strip pokes fun at the corporate world and the often-unnecessary revisions made to mission statements. It highlights the absurdity of using vague and ambiguous language in official documents.

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