September 2020 Comic Strips - Page 1
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Wednesday September 30,
2020
Jumping Out A Window
Tags managers & supervisors, boss, listen, repeat, jump, window, bluff, reiterate, parachute
Transcript
dilbert: if i have to listen to you repeat that same point one more time, i'm going to jump out a window. boss: that sounds like a bluff. dilbert: i packed a parachute. boss: ...anyway, to reiterate... parachuter floating beside building.
Tuesday September 29,
2020
Critics Not Intelligent
Tags intelligence, office workers, employees, smart, critics, agreement, face mask
Transcript
alice: i've noticed that none of my critics are intelligent. smart people always seem to agree with me. dilbert: what makes you think they are smart? alice: because they agree with me. i have to give you a maskless "duh" for that. alice pulls off face mask: duh!
Monday September 28,
2020
Quotes Out Of Context
Tags anger, business, context, dumb, employment, face mask, malice, managers & supervisors, out of context, project, quote, writing
Transcript
co-worker: i don't like what you wrote about my project, so i took one of your quotes out of context, to make you look dumb, and sent it to your boss. dilbert: that won't work, because once i explain the proper context, he will see there is nothing to it. later that day. dilbert: ...so, as you can see, that quote was out of context. boss yelling: liar!!!
Sunday September 27,
2020
The Timing Trick
Tags office workers, timing, trick, neighborhood, visit, estimate, eta, home, cancel, promise, late, face mask
Transcript
tina: i'll be in your neighborhood saturday, maybe i'll stop by. dilbert: i'm not falling for that trick. tina: what trick? dilbert: the trick where you give me an estimated time and then push it back seven times until you cancel. i'll be stuck waiting at home until my whole day is wasted. tina: i promise i won't do that. i'll stick to the time. dilbert: what time is that? tina: depends how my day goes. dilbert thinking: and so it begins. tina: i'll text you if i'm running late.
Saturday September 26,
2020
Karma And Wally
Tags business, family & parenting, office workers, name, karma, Advice, discuss, face mask
Transcript
wally: why did your parents name you karma? karma: i don't have parents. i am karma. wally: i suppose we have lots to discuss. karma: let's start with volume one.
Friday September 25,
2020
Karma Is Real
Tags employment, managers & supervisors, business, team, karma, name, new, team member, hide, face mask
Transcript
dilbert: do you think karma is real? wally: nah. boss: i'd like you to meet the newest member of our team. his name is karma. dilbert: if you need me, i'll be hiding. karma: i hear one of you has been bad.
Thursday September 24,
2020
Tina's Soul
Tags business, business ethics, laptop computer, project, team, lying, garbage, insult, soul, conscience, face mask
Transcript
tina tying on laptop computer: "no one on the project team could have foreseen that the problem that..." tina's soul: you are a lying piece of garbage. tina: who said that? tina's soul: it's your soul. we can't hang out anymore. tina: fine. you were slowing me down.
Wednesday September 23,
2020
Business Lying
Tags business, business ethics, managers & supervisors, lying, context, important, acceptable, sick, sarcasm, face mask
Transcript
tina: is it lying if i leave out important context from my project updates? dogbert: that's called "business lying" and it is totally acceptable. tina: but it makes me feel sick. dogbert: that's how you know you are doing it right.
Tuesday September 22,
2020
Omit Information
Tags business ethics, illness, managers & supervisors, business, project, summary, mistakes, ethical, lie, violation, context, face mask
Transcript
boss: when you write the project summary, make it seem as if we didn't make any mistakes. tina: you want me to lie? that would be a massive ethical violation. boss: no, no. i only want you to omit important context. tina: why does my stomach hurt?
Monday September 21,
2020
Conflict Resolution
Tags managers & supervisors, anger, office workers, conflict, resolution, discussion, temperature, idiots, yammering, sarcasm, insult
Transcript
boss: i couldn't help noticing you are having a heated discussion. watch me use my conflict resolution skills to lower the temperature. okay, what were you idiots yammering about? tina: solid start.

