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71 Results for Breaking Law
View 11 - 20 results for breaking law comic strips. Discover the best "Breaking Law" comics from Dilbert.com.
Wednesday April 29,
1998
Tags declare martial law, jailing ombudsmen, personal phone calls, recommend changes, shoot emplyees, shoot employees
Transcript
Dogbert and The Boss sitting at table. Dogbert passes a memo to The Boss and says, "Although your company is very profitable, I wouldn't be much of a consultant if I didn't recommend changes." The Boss views the recommendations and says, "You recommend jailing our ombudsman and declaring martial law ... makes sense." The Boss asks Dogbert, "Then could I shoot employees who make personal phone calls?" Dogbert replies, "It's okay with me."
Sunday July 24,
1994
Tags downtrodden cubicle workers, form union, working conditions, salaried workers, against law, no overtime, no security, spines, demand bigger cucbilce, union dues, long hours, strap on spines
Transcript
"Hear me, all downtrodden cubicle workers!" "I have come to form a union to improve your working conditions!" "We can't join a union. We're salaried." "I think it's against the law, or something." "You've got long hours, no overtime, shrinking benefits and no job security. You must act now!" "You're confusing us with people who have spines." "Don't worry, I brought strap-on porta-spines for everybody." "I demand a bigger cubicle!" "Nobody will take advantage of us ever again!" "Now, let's talk about union dues." "Fair enough."
Monday November 19,
2001
Tags elbonia, mud delivery business, stockholders, huge profits, illeagal, no law, against optimism
Transcript
The Boss says to Dilbert, "Dilbert, you're going to Elbonia to shut down our Elbonian mud delivery business." The Boss continues, "Meanwhile, I'll tell our stockholders that we expect the mud delivery business to make huge profits." Dilbert says, "Um... is this illegal?" The Boss replies, "There's no law against optimism! I checked."
Thursday October 04,
2012
Tags elections, online (web) news, patents, libor rates, higgs bison, patent law, electoral college
Transcript
Boss: Here's some news I don't understand about libor rates. Here's some news I don't understand about the Higgs boson. Remind me why we have news. Catbert: I think it has something to do with patent law and the electoral college.
Monday February 04,
2013
Tags exploitation, surprise, international law, indentured servant, seq, stole an hour
Transcript
Alice: Asok, your meeting stole an hour of my life. According to international law, I may now claim you as my indentured servant. Asok: Wow. That... actually is a law. Alice: Or I'm really good at SEO.
Saturday January 12,
2008
Tags goal, rewrite law, supply & demand, toss a purr
Transcript
Catbert: Evil director of human resources Asok: I need a goal. What can I do to get a raise? Catbert: Try rewriting the law of supply and demand. Asok: Harsh. Catbert: I have to toss a purr your way."
Tuesday October 13,
2009
Tags sitting, meeting, reading, e-mail, memo, urging, congress, law, opposed, annoyed, ridicule, business, Politics
Transcript
the boss says, "The company urges all of you to e-mail your congressman and support the bill that gives us pork projects." Dilbert says, "If that bill becomes law, it will, in effect, transfer my tax money to you executives for your next obscene bonuses." The Boss says, "Don't you own company stock in your retirement account?" Dilbert says, "No, I'm only dumb enough to work here."
Sunday May 22,
2011
Tags ignorance (knowledge), lawyer, feels wrong, research, harvard law degree, feelingl, greasy food and ignorance, data, harvard degree over cheeseburger, bad mood, science, legal
Transcript
Boss: This doesn't feel right. Dilbert: It came straight from our lawyer. Boss: It just feels wrong. Can you research it a little more? Dilbert: Sure. I can do that research in my head. Let's see... our lawyer got his degree at Harvard and has twenty years in this exact field. Whereas you have a "feeling" that is probably the result of an unholy combination of greasy food and ignorance. The data clearly favors the Harvard Law degree over the cheeseburger. ... Good luck. He's in a bad mood.
Sunday March 28,
2004
Tags fiduciary responsibilty, maximize shareholder value, quality, safety, top priority, obeying law
Transcript
"Remember, quality is our top priority." Quality "Question: Is it more important than safety?" "Ooh... I forgot about that one." "Question: Is quality more important than obeying the law?" "Well, probably not." "If we could maximize shareholder value by selling lower quality items..." "Wouldn't we have a fiduciary responsibility to do it?" "Hmmm" "I'm sure it's in the top four." "What if we had to lie to achieve quality?"
Sunday July 07,
2013
Tags obliviousness, work ethic, lawyer, 60 page contract, amendements, 900 contracts, tax law, 17 managers, good leaders, standards, legal
Transcript
Boss: Our lawyer sent over a sixty-page contract renewal that I need you to review. Make sure you compare it to the original contract and all six or seven amendments. Dilbert: Are there six or... seven? Boss: No one really knows. Check out our other nine hundred contracts to make sure this one doesn't violate any of those. Keep in mind our five-year strategic plan and all likely changes to tax law. Then get buy-in from the seventeen managers who hate my guts and will take it out on you. By tomorrow. Good leaders set high standards.