February 2020 Comic Strips - Page 2
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Tuesday February 11,
2020
Who Is The Fool
Tags business, install, server, upgrade, fool, lie, technology
Transcript
vendor: we can't finish the installation unless you buy our server upgrade. dilbert: that means you lied when you bid for the job, because you did not include a server upgrade. vendor: who's the fool now? dilbert: that would be me.
Wednesday February 12,
2020
Upgrade Schedule
Tags business, vendor, network, upgrade, allocating, technology
Transcript
vendor: we should be able to finish the network upgrade in about three months. dilbert: when you bid for the job. you said it would take thirty days. vendor: if we're allocating blame. i'm not the one who was dumb enough to believe me.
Thursday February 13,
2020
Price Gouging
Tags business, network, idiot, price, gouging, upgrade
Transcript
vendor: now that the network installation is half-done, i have you idiots right where i want you. it's too late for you to get a new vendor, so i'll be price-gouging you on upgrades you didn't even know you would need. dilbert: why are you telling us???? vendor: it makes it more fun for me.
Friday February 14,
2020
Bias For Action
Tags managers & supervisors, sarcasm, co-workers, business, meeting, prototype, bias
Transcript
Co-workers around meeting table. Ted: our pointy-haired boss told us to scrap our prototype and start over from scratch. dilbert: o was in that meeting and he said nothing like that. maybe we should verify what he wants. ted: or... we could have a bias for action!
Saturday February 15,
2020
Before Or After Firing
Tags business, managers & supervisors, prototype, request, fire
Transcript
dilbert: we destroyed all of the prototypes you requested. boss: i never asked for anything remotely like that. dilbert: ted said you did. boss: did he tell you that before or after i fired him last week?
Sunday February 16,
2020
Finding Qualified Engineers
Tags business, interview, questions, job market, engineers, baker, mortuary, assistant
Transcript
interview boss: it's hard to find qualified engineers in this job market, so i'm casting a wider net. it says here you have experience as a mortuary assistant and baker. that's not exactly like being an engineer, but i want to stay open-minded. tell me about a time you had to deal with failure and what you did about it. interviewee: well, one time i totally botched an embalming. so i used a chainsaw to reduce the corpse to flushable parts. i told the family he came back to life and ran away. boss: okay. and why did you become a baker? interviewee: so i cold eat my mistakes.
Monday February 17,
2020
Buy An Adapter
Tuesday February 18,
2020
Wally Not Working
Tags business, employment, managers & supervisors, office workers, technology, work ethic, micro-managing
Transcript
boss: you don't seem to be working. wally: i don't want to start something new because it's almost the end of my work day. boss: it's ten o'clock in the morning. wally: and here comes the micro-managing.
Wednesday February 19,
2020
Alice And Blockchain
Tags business, technology, project, learn, skills
Transcript
alice: i'd like to help on the blockchain project to build my skills in that area. boss: i don't like it when people learn new things. alice: i don't know what to say to that. boss: oh, good. it worked.
Thursday February 20,
2020
What Is The Bra
Tags office workers, business, risk, assessment, mock, teamwork, acronym
Transcript
office worker: what's the b.r.a. on that? dilbert: jus? office worker: you look dumb in front of everyone for not knowing b.r.a. stands for business risk assessment. we'll probably mock you behind your back. dilbert talking to the boss: i don't think your teamwork exercises are working.
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