Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 27th April 2014

Dilbert//9143, first published twelve years ago on Sunday 27th April 2014

Tags

business ethics, deception, new business strategy, laptop, coffee shop, public access, wifi, hackers, strategy document, sell secrets, competitors, business strategy, break in

Official transcript

Dilbert: Wally, I want you to create a new business strategy for the company. Then use your laptop in a coffee shop that has public access to wi-fi. Hackers will get into your computer in minutes and steal your strategy document. With any luck, the hackers will sell those secrets to our competitors. Obviously, we would never use any strategy you created, so our competitors will be misled. Wally: So... you want me to do a bad job on an assignment and then go drink coffee? Boss: Can you handle that? Wally: I like my odds. Dilbert: Why do you want a copy of our business strategy? Wally: It'll save a step.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WALLY, I WANT YOU TO CREATE A NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE COMPANY.

THEN USE YOUR LAPTOP IN A COFFEE SHOP THAT HAS PUBLIC ACCESS WI-FI.

HACKERS WILL GET INTO YOUR COMPUTER IN MINUTES AND STEAL YOUR STRATEGY DOCUMENT.

WITH ANY LUCK, THE HACKERS WILL SELLI THOSE SECRETS TO OUR COMPETITORS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD NEVER USE ANY STRATEGY YOU CREATED, 50 OUR COMPETITORS WILL BE MISLED.

SO... YOU WANT ME TO DO A BAD JOB ON AN ASSIGNMENT AND THEN GO DRINK COFFEE?

CAN YOU HANDLE THAT?

I LIKE MY ODDS.

WHY DO YOU WANT A COPY OF OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY?

ITLL SAVE A STEP.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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