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Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 27th December 2017

Dilbert//10483, first published nine years ago on Wednesday 27th December 2017

Winning Design Awards


Tags

design, fragile, cell phone, crack, screen, evil, technology


Official transcript

Boss: 100 percent of our smartphone buyers dropped and broke their phones within one minute of unboxing them. Despite our slippery materials and brittle design, customers blamed themselves. And we won seven prestigious design awards. CEO: Yes!

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

100% OF OUR SMARTPHONE BUYERS DROPPED AND BROKE THEIR PHONES WITHIN ONE MINUTE OF UNBOXING THEM.

DESPITE OUR SLIPPERY MATERIALS AND BRITTLE DESIGN, CUSTOMERS BLAMED THEMSELVES.

AND WE WON SEVEN PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN AWARDS.

YES!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Design Awards"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a conversation between a customer and a representative from a company that produces smartphones. The customer expresses their dissatisfaction with the product, citing that 100% of their smartphone buyers have dropped and broken their phones within one minute of unboxing them. Despite this, the representative proudly announces that their company has won seven prestigious design awards.

Key Points:

  • The customer is dissatisfied with the durability of the smartphones.
  • The representative is proud of the design awards won by the company.
  • The contrast between the customer's experience and the company's recognition highlights the irony of the situation.

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