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Saturday March 01,
2014
Tags ignorance (knowledge), obstinacy, studies show, offering customers, problem, prevent success, many otions, hinderance
Transcript
Dilbert: Studies show that offering customers too many options can prevent them from buying. Boss: Studies?? That doesn't sound like a real thing. Dilbert: I don't know what to do now. Boss: Maybe that's the problem.
Wednesday January 28,
2015
Success Is About Who You Know
Tags blame, blaming, success, who you know
Transcript
Wally: Success is all about who you know. I'm not successful, so apparently it doesn't help to know you. Dilbert: I"m sorry I let you down. Wally: It's as if you aren't even trying.
Thursday February 04,
2021
Wally's Success
Tags business, managers & supervisors, track, success, work, correlation, working, sarcasm, unproductive
Transcript
wally: i've been tracking my successes at work relative to my efforts, and i see no correlation. so if you see me not working hard, you should assume everything is fine. boss: you've never had a success to track. wally: i was hoping you didn't know that.
Saturday February 12,
2011
Tags dating, inventions, dead end job, developing an app, spare time, lottery ticket, odds of success, relationships
Transcript
Dilbert says, "It might look as if I'm in a dead-end job, but I'm developing an app in my spare time." Woman says, "Here's a lottery ticket. I just doubled your odds of success." Woman says, "I bought two for myself so I don't need to make an app."
Thursday September 15,
2011
Tags anger, debates, more aggressive, blaming others, lack of success, keeping from work
Transcript
Wally: I've decided to become more aggressive in blaming others for my lack of success. For example, you're keeping me from working right now. Dilbert: No I'm not. Wally: I DON'T HAVE TIME TO STAND HERE AND ARGUE WITH YOU ALL DAY!
Sunday February 12,
2012
Tags frustration, tech support, ticket window, evaluated, how helpful, trouble tickets, stubborness, obsticle, financial success, disconnected, new stranger, hating
Transcript
Tech Support: Hello, this is tech support. May I close your ticket now? Dilbert: Um... no. You haven't helped me yet. I just called you. Tech Support: I'm not evaluated on how helpful I am. I'm evaluated on how many trouble tickets I close. Your stubbornness is becoming an obstacle to my financial success. By the way, if our call gets disconnected, I count that as a closed ticket. Dilbert: I'll make it quick. Tech Support: What? What? I can't hear you. Dilbert: Son of a beach ball! On the plus side, my goal of hating one new stranger every day is right on track.
Saturday January 26,
1991
Tags the boss, Dilbert, employee meeting, wilson, recognition, twenty-hour, overworked, success
Transcript
The Boss gestures toward an employee and says to Dilbert and another man, "I'd like to recognize Wilson for working twenty-hour days and making the project a success." The man says, "Thanks, but I'm not Wilson. He quit months ago." The Boss says, "Oh . . ." The Boss walks away thinking, "I've got to sop calling this the employee recognition program."
Tuesday June 16,
1992
Tags Dogbert, healing, dollars, psychic, power, prevent, millions, pimples, neighbor
Transcript
On his television program, Dogbert stands in front of a curtain and holds a microphone. Dogbert says, "Welcome to my show, 'Healing for Dollars.'" Dogbert continues, "Today I will use my psychic healing power to prevent millions of people from getting pimples on their tongues." A man and a woman sit on a couch sticking their tongues out. As they watch their tongues, the woman says, "Ith working! Get the theckbook!"
Tuesday September 29,
1992
Tags Dogbert, unmarried, Men, commit, ninety, percent, violent, acts, jailed, advance, prevent, atrocities, media, sensation, provocative, write, whole, book, gifted
Transcript
Dogbert stands on a desk chair and types, "Unmarried men commit ninety percent of all violent acts. They should all be jailed in advance to prevent further atrocities." Dogbert continues typing, "And I should become a media sensation for suggesting such a provocative thing. The end." Dilbert thinks, "It's hard to write a whole book when you're as gifted as I am at getting to the point."
Friday May 07,
1993
Tags Dilbert, pants, twelve-inch, waist, inches, secret, retail, success, merchandise, shop, harder, retail store
Transcript
Dilbert asks a salesclerk in a clothing store, "Excuse me, do you have any pants that AREN'T a twelve-inch waist and fifty inches long?" Dilbert holds up a pair of tiny pants and says, "I ask because there are no human beings who could wear these pants, and one of the secrets of retail success is to stock merchandise that somebody might want." Dilbert continues, "Then people would shop here and actually BUY things." The clerk replies, "Wow, that's way harder than what we do."