Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to.
Dear Ken Cheng,
I cheated in a board game with my family at Christmas. Is this normal?
– Brian, Guildford
Ken Cheng:
If you’re not cheating, you’re not winning.
When you’re playing Monopoly, there is a “so-called” rulebook that determines what you can do to build your property business. Throw that rulebook out the window.
If you are trying to maximise profit and corner the market, there are no rules. After all, in real life, you are allowed to cheat all you want. You can break any rule or law as long as nobody catches you.
One time I was inspecting a property that I was renting out to my nephew. I was inspecting the flat and suddenly didn’t like the wallpaper I put up.
I had a solution. I sent my nephew a bottle of whisky as a gift. Expensive, you might think? No, because I knew he was a raging alcoholic. He would get blind drunk and pass out and forget everything that he did.
I used this opportunity to sneak and damage all the wallpaper and blame it on his alcoholism. I charged him several hundred pounds to replace the wallpaper.
Is this legal? Yes, as no one can prove anything.
I also stole a £20 note that was lying around for an extra kick.
That’s how you win Monopoly.
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