Dilbert.com by Scott Adams
Thursday January 30,
1997
Tags glass half empty, half in another glass, lips on glass, optimist half full, redundant glass
Transcript
Ratbert stands on a desk looking at a glass of water. He says, "A pessimist says the glass is half empty. An optimist says it's half full." Dilbert asks, "Did you put your lips on my glass again?" Ratbert says, "And the engineer says . . ." Dilbert says, "It's a good thing I put half of my water in a redundant glass."
Wednesday January 29,
1997
Tags schedule, future unplanned network outages, include schedule, sick days, volcanic eruptions, earth quakes, hurricanes
Transcript
Dilbert hands the Boss a document and says, "As you requested, here is a schedule of all future unplanned network outages." Dilbert continues, "I took the initiative to include a schedule of all future sick days, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and hurricanes." Dilbert says, "This is the point when you realize how stupid your request was and we have a good laugh." The Boss reads the document and looks shocked. He asks, "Does CNN know about this?"
Tuesday January 28,
1997
Tags figure of speech, lost work, server crashed, unplanned outages, advance notice
Transcript
The Boss tells Dilbert, "The network went down and I lost my work." Dilbert replies, "The server crashed." The Boss says, "From now on, I want advanced notice of any unplanned outages." The Boss adds, "And I need it yesterday." Dilbert thinks, "I used to think that was just a figure of speech."

