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
AI Analysis
Title: "The Van Gogh Strategy"
Summary:
- The comic strip depicts a meeting between two men, one of whom is a public relations expert.
- The expert proposes two strategies to address the company's exploding phone problem:
- Recall all phones
- Convince people that having one ear is cool
- The second man rejects the idea, suggesting that the "Van Gogh strategy" is more effective, implying that it is a more creative and unconventional approach.
- The humor in the comic strip comes from the absurdity of the second man's suggestion and the deadpan delivery of the public relations expert.
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