Boss: I'll approve this if you get buy-in from the rest of the department. Dilbert: What value are you adding to that scenario? Boss: I'm not firing you. Dilbert: In that case, keep up the good work.
Asok: I hear you need everyone's buy-in to proceed with your project. Dilbert: Everyone except you. No one cares what interns think. Asok: May I please approve it so I feel alive? Dilbert: Well... okay. But you owe me one.
Dilbert: I need everyone's buy-in on my project. Tina: You can have my buy-in for $25. Dilbert: Ted only charged me $15. Tina: It isn't my fault that Ted is a bad negotiator.
Male Employee: Do you have an hour to meet next week?
Dilbert: Let me check my calendar. Next week is not good.
Male Employee: You don't have one hour of free time all week?
Dilbert: Well, this is awkward. The problem isn't my schedule so much as your total lack of value relative to my alternatives.
Male Employee: Maybe we could meet over lunch?
Dilbert: I like to focus on my sandwich.
dilbert, the boss and dogbert at conference room table.
the boss: our competition released a product that makes our product look like it was designed by chimps.
the boss: that's why i hired the world's most evil marketing expert to help us close the perception gap.
the boss: should we focus on our value proposition?
dogbert: if that means accusing them of crimes they didn't commit, then yes.
Dilbert: My job doesn't have meaning.
Dogbert: If your employer added meaning to your job, would you agree to a cut in pay?
Dilbert: No.
Dogbert: I guess we just found the economic value of "meaning".
