August 2017 Comic Strips - Page 1
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Tuesday August 01,
2017
No Dumb Questions
Tags question, answer, binary, coding, technology
Transcript
Boss: I have a dumb question. Dilbert: There are no dumb questions. Boss: When you delete software, where do all the zeroes and ones go? Dilbert: I stand corrected.
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marketing, project, cloud, catbert, leadership, budget, birthday, engineer, time sheet, sales, wally, strategy, dogbert, powerpoint, project management, topper, leader, boss, change, meeting, data, management, mordac
Wednesday August 02,
2017
Nothing Dilbert Does Matters
Tags motivation, accomplishment, meaning, meaningless
Transcript
Dilbert: I completed my assignment, and yet I feel no sense of accomplishment. Could it be because nothing I do makes any difference in the world? Boss: I was going to tell you that, but I didn't want to demotivate you.
Thursday August 03,
2017
Dilbert Does Nothing Useful
Tags work ethic, meaning, meaningless, motivation, laziness
Transcript
Dilbert: All I did today was create a bunch of PowerPoint slides that no one will understand. But I got paid the same as if I had done something useful. Is this the first stage of becoming you? Wally: If you're lucky.
Friday August 04,
2017
Dogbert Is A Good Listener
Tags listening, ignoring, earbuds, headphones
Transcript
Dilbert: Thanks for listening to me vent about my job. You weren't always a good listener, but apparently you matured. Dogbert: The quality of my life has improved a lot since I got wireless earbuds.
Saturday August 05,
2017
Lips Stopped Moving
Sunday August 06,
2017
Tags greed, scavenging, cannibal, furniture, energy, vibes, health
Transcript
Alice: My chair is broken. I need a new one. Boss: You can take Ted's chair. I fired him this morning. Alice: That feels icky. Boss: It's just a chair. Alice: Ted was a creepy underperformer. I don't want his loser energy on me. Boss: That's your only option unless I fire someone else today. Alice: Okay, give me an hour to do some back-stabbing and rumor-mongering. Boss: I'll just let that situation work itself out. Alice: Nice chair. Dilbert: Why did my fight-or-flight instinct just kick in?
Monday August 07,
2017
Dilbert Is Wearing A Body Cam
Tags lying, body cam, surveillance
Transcript
Boss: Don't give that data to Marketing yet. Dilbert: That is the direct opposite of what you told me yesterday. Boss: I am totally sure I never said anything like that yesterday. You weren't wearing a wire, were you? Dilbert: It's called an employee body cam. Narrator: Continued...
Tuesday August 08,
2017
Accidental Deletion
Wednesday August 09,
2017
Contradicting Himself
Tags surveillance, managing, proof, body cam, camera, recording
Transcript
Dilbert: According to my employee body cam playback, you contradicted yourself eleven times today. Boss: Your stupid body cam is interfering with my ability to manage. Dilbert: By "manage," do you mean contradicting yourself and later denying it? Boss: I don't not mean that.
Thursday August 10,
2017
Repeating Your Point Too Much
Tags body cam, camera, survillance, insult, rudeness
Transcript
Dilbert: According to my body cam playback, you have repeated your point twelve times. Maybe you could try saying other things for a few minutes. Man: I wasn't expecting you to be so rude. Dilbert: You're not the first to make that mistake.

