Scott Adams, creator of the...
Illustration
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, was conducting his "Second Annual Highly Unscientific Dilbert Survey," when he asked this question: "If you had a chance to hit your boss in the back of the head with one of the following objects, with no risk of being caught, which would you use?"
Here's how his respondents answered:
A large bean burrito ---- nineteen percent
"Nerf" ball ---- seventeen percent
Ripe melon ---- fourteen percent
Framed certificate of appreciation ---- thirteen percent
Outdated computer you are forced to use ---- thirteen percent
Your last performance review, including the 600--pound filing cabinet you keep it in ---- thirteen percent
All your coworkers, bound by duct tape and flung from a huge catapult ---- eight percent
A Ford Pinto with a full tank of gas ---- seven percent.
Adams explains why the bean burrito is the big winner: "I think the bean burrito won because it would make a really cool sound and it would be messy with or without guacamole." He observes, further, that the bean burrito may have picked up a few votes for another reason: "over 64 percent of respondents selected a non--lethal response, knowing if their boss were injured, it would mean more work for them."
Well, that's how things work in the twisted universe of Dilbert ... but even in the real world, you have to admit there's something intrinsically attractive about anger.
Here's how his respondents answered:
A large bean burrito ---- nineteen percent
"Nerf" ball ---- seventeen percent
Ripe melon ---- fourteen percent
Framed certificate of appreciation ---- thirteen percent
Outdated computer you are forced to use ---- thirteen percent
Your last performance review, including the 600--pound filing cabinet you keep it in ---- thirteen percent
All your coworkers, bound by duct tape and flung from a huge catapult ---- eight percent
A Ford Pinto with a full tank of gas ---- seven percent.
Adams explains why the bean burrito is the big winner: "I think the bean burrito won because it would make a really cool sound and it would be messy with or without guacamole." He observes, further, that the bean burrito may have picked up a few votes for another reason: "over 64 percent of respondents selected a non--lethal response, knowing if their boss were injured, it would mean more work for them."
Well, that's how things work in the twisted universe of Dilbert ... but even in the real world, you have to admit there's something intrinsically attractive about anger.
