Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 7th December 2016

Dilbert//10098, first published ten years ago on Wednesday 7th December 2016

Dogber Pr Firm Helps With Phones

Tags

safety, product, pr, public relations, battery, samsung, explosion, danger

Official transcript

Boss: We hired The Dogbert Public Relations Firm to help us with our exploding phone problem. Dogbert: We have two choices. We can either recall all of the phones, or we can convince people that having one ear is cool. Boss: Recalls are expensive. Dogbert: Okay, the Van Gogh strategy it is.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE HIRED THE DOGBERT PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM TO HELP US WITH OUR EXPLODING PHONE PROBLEM.

WE HAVE TWO CHOICES. WE CAN EITHER RECALL ALL OF THE PHONES, OR WE CAN CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT HAVING ONE EAR IS COOL.

RECALLS ARE EXPENSIVE.

OKAY, THE VAN GOGH STRATEGY IT IS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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