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287 Results for Pointless Question
View 11 - 20 results for pointless question comic strips. Discover the best "Pointless Question" comics from Dilbert.com.
Thursday March 05,
2020
Wally Prefers Systems
Tags #managers & supervisors, #business, #office workers, #goals, #question, #answer, #system, #year
Transcript
dilbert: what are your goals for the year? wally: i prefer systems over goals. dilbert: okay, what are your systems? wally: none of them involve answering questions.
Sunday January 26,
2020
Buzzflawed Interview
Tags #managment, #business, #reporter, #cheat, #suppliers, #question
Transcript
carol: a reporter for buzz flawed wants to interview you. boss: i don't see any downside to that! reporter: my first question is, do you still cheat all of your suppliers? boss: no! of course not. reporter: so. you're admitting you cheated your suppliers in the past? boss: get out of my office, you evil monster! reporter: okay, i got what i needed. one week later: voice from boss's smartphone: "the pudgy miscreant could not hide his glee when bragging about cheating his suppliers."
Sunday November 17,
2019
Dilbert Gets A Mentor
Tags #managers & supervisors, #Advice, #mentor, #productivity, #operations, #vice president, #pressure, #trick
Transcript
boss: i heard you asked our v.p. of operations to be your mentor. why didn't you tell me you needed some mentoring? i'm full of useful advice. dilbert: such as? boss: well... not you're putting me on the spot. it's hard to think of advice while you're pressuring me. maybe you could give me a scenario, and then i'll tell you what to do. dilbert: okay, suppose my boss is ruining my productivity by yammering about his great advice. what can i do? boss: that feels like a trick question. dilbert: our v.p. of operations could answer it.
Saturday October 26,
2019
Self Reliant
Tags #managers & supervisors, #business, #project, #teamwork, #help, #teach, #self-reliant
Transcript
boss to wally: ted says you wouldn't help him on his project. wally: i was teaching him how to be self-reliant. that's important too, isn't it? not such an easy question, is it?
Monday July 15,
2019
More People Working At Home
Tags #boss, #employees, #office, #office workers
Transcript
Boss: The office is too quiet today. Carol: That's because more people are working from home. Boss: How can I do my job if I can't pop into people's cubicles and share my wisdom? Second question: why is everything running so smoothly lately?
Saturday June 29,
2019
Drooling Incompetents
Tags #business, #managers & supervisors, #office, #office workers, #competent, #incompetent
Transcript
wally at team meeting. wally: i've been asked to lead this project toward failure so my boss can convince our ceo to cancel it. wally: i'd like all of the competent people on the team to step aside, while the drooling incompetents who remain drive it into a ditch. office worker: how can we know who among us are the competent ones? wally: well, for starters, they don't ask that question.
Wednesday June 12,
2019
Prove A Negative
Tags #business, #managers & supervisors, #office, #accusations, #negative
Transcript
ceo to dilbert: is this everything i need to know? dilbert: yes. ceo: how can you be sure there isn't something out there we don't know about? dlbert: are you asking me to prove a negative? ceo: it's more of an accusation than a question.
Tuesday May 07,
2019
Dogbert Narrates
Tags #business, #office, #office workers, #narrator
Transcript
dilbert: hi, i'm dilbert, and this is my narrator. dogbert: bob wondered when was the last time dilbert had washed his hands. it was a good question. bob: what? dilbert: just ignore the fore-shadowing.
Monday April 29,
2019
Dogbert Starts A Podcast
Tags #business, #office, #office workers, #podcast
Transcript
dogbert: i decided to start my own podcast. dogbert: i'm crafting my content to appeal to dumb people because that's the biggest market. dilbert: how will that make the world a better place? dogbert: based on your question, you'd enjoy my podcast.
Wednesday March 27,
2019
Detailed Explanation
Tags #business, #office, #office workers
Transcript
office worker: did my detailed explanation answer your question? wally: i started to lose consciousness about fifteen minutes into it, so I thought of other things while you talked, just to stay awake. office worker: i could start over. wally: go ahead. i'll be down the hall if you need me.