November 2017 Comic Strips - Page 3
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Tuesday November 21,
2017
Wally Is A Maverick
Tags health, standing desks, standing, sitting, laziness
Transcript
Wally: I like to think of myself as a maverick. Let the trendy people brag about their standing desks. I haven't stood in a week. Dilbert: I have some bad news about your health risks. Wally: Should I sit down to hear it?
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Wednesday November 22,
2017
Wally Not Motivated
Tags laziness, motivation, behavior, medical, treatment, blame, accountability, psychology
Transcript
Wally: I need to take a medical leave to recover from my crippling laziness. Boss: Laziness is a behavior problem, not a medical problem. Wally: That would suggest you have not motivated me enough. Boss: Can't be that. It sounds more like you're dying.
Thursday November 23,
2017
Doctor Will Operate
Tags laziness, happiness, satisfaction, aspirations, psychology
Transcript
Doctor: The MRI shows unusual activity in the laziness region of your brain. Normally, I would recommend brain surgery, but your brain also registers an unusually high level of happiness. Wally: So... how do we handle this? Doctor: I'm going to operate on myself to make me more like you.
Friday November 24,
2017
Brain Scan
Tags brain, thinking, cognition, personality, abnormality, psychology
Transcript
Wally: My doctor says my laziness is caused by a brain abnormality. Dilbert: Doesn't everyone in the world have a unique brain that determines what they do? Boss: Is he right about that? Wally: I'd have to see his brain scan. Sounds like a tumor.
Saturday November 25,
2017
Threatening Wally
Tags laziness, excuse, threat, ultimatum
Transcript
Woman: Wally, did you finish the data scrub? Wally: No, a defect in my brain made me too lazy. Woman: Perhaps some sort of threat would get you going. Wally: It's worth a try. Woman: Do your work or else I'll tell everyone you're useless! Wally: That would save me a lot of time.
Sunday November 26,
2017
Tags negotiation, demand, haggle, prices, pricing, negotiate
Transcript
Boss: Negotiate with your vendor and get the price down. Dilbert: I don't know how to negotiate. I'm an engineer. Boss: It's simple. All you need to do is make an aggressive first demand and settle for less. Dilbert: How aggressive are we talking about here? Boss: The more aggressive the better. Dilbert: That doesn't sound right. Boss: Trust me. More is better. Dilbert: My opening demand is that you name me as a beneficiary on your life insurance police, mow my lawn, and die in traffic on the way home. Boss: You got the price down by 35 percent. Dilbert: I really hoped it wouldn't work.
Monday November 27,
2017
Robot Can Take Boss's Job
Tags managers, boss, work, ai, artificial intelligence, automation
Transcript
Robot: I wonder whose job I'll take first. Boss: You could never do my job. Robot: I'm doing it right now. Boss: You're not doing anything. Robot: Right. Let that sink in.
Tuesday November 28,
2017
Financial Forecaster Quit
Tags big business, money, projection, prediction, Advice
Transcript
Boss: Our financial forecaster quit. I need you to fill in for him. Dilbert: I don't know how to do financial forecasts. Boss: Neither did he. Dilbert: How were you making decisions? Boss: It's better if we don't excavate that septic tank.
Wednesday November 29,
2017
Worthless Financial Projections
Tags money, finances, big business, projection, prediction, guessing, estimate
Transcript
Dilbert: Here's the financial projection you asked me to do. It's basically just guessing plus math. Obviously, it's useless for making decisions because I can get any result I want by tweaking the assumptions. Boss: Don't say any of that stuff when you present it to the board tomorrow.
Thursday November 30,
2017
If We Are Off By One Percent
Tags projection, prediction, finances, big business, guess, estimate, obliviousness
Transcript
Dilbert: According to my highly unreliable forecast, we're on the right track. But if even one of my seventeen assumptions is off by one percent, we are doomed. The obvious conclusion is that... Board: We're nailing it!
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