February 2021 Comic Strips - Page 1
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Sunday February 28,
2021
Destroy The Competition
Tags business, technology, destroy, competition, approve, violence, figure of speech, engineers, literal, competitors, beat, sticks, sarcasm, incite, figurative, speech
Transcript
boss: we need to destroy our competition! dilbert: i don't approve of violence. boss: i didn't say anything about violence. dilbert: you said "destroy" them. i don't see how that could mean anything else. boss: it was just a figure of speech. dilbert waving arms: we're engineers! you can't use figurative speech with us. we take things literally. so, what exactly is it you want us to do with our competitors? boss: beat them! dilbert: with sticks?
Saturday February 27,
2021
Feedback To Boss
Tags business, managers & supervisors, feedback, performance, boss, trap, constructive, criticism, perfect, almost, anger, honest
Transcript
boss: ted, i want your honest feedback on how i'm doing as your boss. ted: this feels like a trap. boss: not at all! i love constructive criticism! ted: i think you're almost perfect. boss yelling: almost?
Friday February 26,
2021
Who Are They
Tags business, managers & supervisors, job, impossible, laptop, coffee, correct, learn
Transcript
wally: they said it couldn't be done. boss: but you did it? wally: no, it turns out they're usually right. boss: who are "they," and why am i just learning this? wally: you sound like me last week.
Thursday February 25,
2021
Worst Place To Work
Tags barrel, best, business, dead, employees, employment, place, publication, squirrels, technology, trade, work, sarcasm
Transcript
boss in board room: a trade publication ranked us dead last on their list of "best places to work." the review says, "employees say working there is like eating a barrel of dead squirrels." boss: could have been worse. dilbert: only for the squirrels.
Wednesday February 24,
2021
You Make Luck
Tags business, technology, luck, wisdom, rewiring, super, employee, double, workload, brain, rewire, monster
Transcript
boss: remember, asok, you don't find luck, you go out and make it. asok yelling and waving arms: i feel your wisdom rewiring my brain and turning me into a super-employee! boss: it usually doesn't work this fast. asok: please double my workload, you beautiful monster!
Tuesday February 23,
2021
Simulation Nonsense
Tags business, computer, computer software, days, fast, nonsense, ruin, simulation, technology, upgrade, coffee
Transcript
tina: it feels as if the days are going by faster lately. dilbert: that's because we're a computer simulation that just got a software upgrade. tina: there's really nothing you can't ruin with that nonsense, is there? dilbert: i hear that a lot.
Monday February 22,
2021
Wally And The Big Picture
Tags business, office workers, sarcasm, big picture, fact check, meeting, finish, donut, beat
Transcript
wally: the reason i'm here is to help you look at the big picture. dilbert: i'll need a fact-check on that. i think you stayed over from the last meeting to finish your donut. wally eating a donut: it seems you beat me to the big picture.
Sunday February 21,
2021
Alice Compliments Ted
Tags business, comparison, project, job, great, dread, foreboding, generous, trap, lull, sabotage, career, monster
Transcript
alice: you did a great job on your project ted. ted: thank you. alice: you are most welcome. ted: wait. why do i have a sense of dread and foreboding? it isn't like you to give out generous compliments. this feels like a trap. you're lulling me into a false sense of security. you plan to sabotage my career to make yourself look better by comparison. ted yelling: you monster! boss: what's this all about? alice thinking: that worked out.
Saturday February 20,
2021
Tricking Employees
Tags managers & supervisors, sarcasm, reward, business, performance, punish, good, bad, work, tricking, employment
Transcript
catbert to boss: you've tried rewarding good performance and punishing bad. but have you tried tricking employees into working hard? boss: no, can you teach me? catbert to asok: remember, hard work is its own reward. asok: is it?
Friday February 19,
2021
Wally's Best Idea
Tags managers & supervisors, business, lack, accomplishments, best, idea, career, interruption, finish, sarcasm
Transcript
boss: wally, do you have a minute to talk about your total lack of accomplishments? wally yelling: gaaa!!! i just had the best idea of my career, and your interruption made me forget it! boss: but no accomplishments until now? wally: i'm a strong finisher.


