Scott Adams is a Pointy Haired Failure In Food Biz
The creator of Dilbert who has spent the better part of his life poking fun at corporate life and workers, isn’t such a successful boss himself. Despite all the protestations, Adams found himself as a partner in a restaurant.
Until this summer, Adams’ involvement consisted of signing checks, writing clever jokes for the menus and leaving big tips for the staff after his regular visits. Then a personal battle between Belkin and a former chef intensified just as the big feed chains began staking their claim on the booming exurbs — thrusting Dilbert’s creator into the middle of a managerial nightmare.
He recently took over complete management of the restaurant after a falling out with his partner. He went from making fun of idiots to becoming one.
He’s getting clobbered by chain restaurants opening up all around him and is losing money.
It will work. Adams is probably going to write the whole thing of as research and end up with a sit-com deal.
No one is more critical of his management skills than the humorist himself. “I’m quite sure I’ve succumbed to the pigeon theory of management,” he said. “Flying in every so often and dumping on everything.”