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Character
Wednesday June 15,
2011
Tags frustration, questioning, meeting, questions, blabbing, interuptions, business
Transcript
Dilbert: Um... may I ask one... Man: Blah, blah, blah, blah... Dilbert: I'm begging you. Let me ask... Man: Blah, blah, blah, blah... Boss: You need to participate more in meetings.
Thursday June 16,
2011
Tags office workers, teds project, overlap, initiated discussions, create framwork, complementary architectures, leadership
Transcript
Boss: Wally, have you done anything to address of your project with Ted's project? Wally: Yes, I've initiated discussions to create a framework that would allow us to adopt complementary architectures. Boss: So... nothing. Wally: When did we stop calling it leadership?
Friday June 17,
2011
Tags business ethics, inefficiencies, kaizen team, soultions, busy, being ineffcient, ignorance, aggressive type of objectivity
Transcript
Wally: I noticed some inefficiencies in another department, so I formed a Kaizen team to find solutions. I asked some of the peopl in that department to be on the team, but they were busy being inefficient. With any luck, my ignorance of their function will be seen as an aggressive type of objectivity.
Saturday June 18,
2011
Tags anxiety, work ethic, worry, indispensible, fired, useless, riskier, toe clip, 20 years of service
Transcript
Asok: Wally, should I try to become indispensable so I won't be fired? Wally: No. Indispensable people end up working too hard because they can't risk showing anyone else how to do what they do. Asok: Being useless seems riskier. Wally: Have you seen the tie clip I got for 20 years of service?
Monday June 20,
2011
Tags employees, gloating, quit working, won lotery, business
Transcript
Dilbert: If you won the lottery, would you quit working? Wally: I quit working years ago, but I might start gloating if it isn't too hard. Dilbert: Gloating doesn't sound hard. Wally: Can I do it without moving any facial muscles? I have weak eyebrows.
Tuesday June 21,
2011
Tags approval from cloud, matrix management, office workers, smoke cloud
Transcript
Boss: You'll need approval from the cloud. Dilbert: The cloud? Boss: It was once called Matrix Management. But it go so complicated that no one knows who does what. Dilbert: Can you approve this? Man: What did everyone else say?
Wednesday June 22,
2011
Tags annoyance, frustration, buy in, cleaner, windows don't open
Transcript
Dilbert: I can't get buy-in for my project because our CEO hasn't approved it. And I can't get our CEO to approve it until I have buy-in from all of the divisions. On the plus side, now I understand why the windows in our building don't open. Boss: It's cleaner.
Thursday June 23,
2011
Tags crimes, internet & world wide web, black hat, websites ranking, search engine, unethical, near certainty, loserish, talking
Transcript
Boss: I want you to use "black hat" methods to raise our website's ranking on search engines. Dilbert: What do you like best about that idea - the fact that it's unethical or the near certainty of getting caught? Boss: That's sort of a loserish thing to say. Dilbert: Talking doesn't work for people like me.
Friday June 24,
2011
Tags computers & peripherals, internet & world wide web, fake links, boost search rank, dung for barins, shut your pie hole
Transcript
Dilbert: Google found out that we used fake links to boost our search rank. Now our website only shows up when someone enters the search string "dung for brains." Boss: They won't get away with this! Computer: Shut your pie hole.
Saturday June 25,
2011
Tags despair, recessions, unemployment, fix your lips, job satisfaction, all time low
Transcript
Catbert: Oh no! Employee job satisfaction is at an all-time low at the same time unemployment is high! Boss: Ha ha! Good one. Now it's my turn to try saying it as if I care! Oh no! Catbert: Ha ha! Fix your lips!

