2003 Comic Strips - Page 23
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Character
Saturday August 09,
2003
Tags two hour presentation, incomprehensible, powre point, disability, content
Transcript
"That concludes my two-hour presentation. Any questions?" "Did you intend the presentation to be incomprehenisble, or do you have some sort of rare 'powerpoint' disability." "Are there any questions about the content?" "There was content?"
Sunday August 10,
2003
Tags charging hours to project, one meeting, one hour, extensive preparation, evaluated, 57 hours, sat quiet, charging
Transcript
"Wally, why have you been charging all of your hours to my project?" "I invited you to one meeting. It lasted one hour." "Do you think I would go to a meeting without extensive preparation?" "Okay.. that's another hour." "How many more do you need explained?" "Fifty-eight." "After the meeting, I sat quietly and evaluated what everyone said. That took fity-seven hours." "Ha! You're still an hour short. Explain THAT!" "Do you mind if I sit quietly and think about that question for a while?"
Monday August 11,
2003
Tags 30 years, award for five years, sick day
Transcript
The Boss: Now Id like to recognize walter for his five years of work for this company. walter: Thanks, but I've been here for thirty years ....Oh, I get it now. I feel a sick day coming on.
Tuesday August 12,
2003
Tags budget request, priority, highest priority, mockery, low priority
Transcript
Asok: What is the priority of your budget request? Alice: Highest of the high. Asok: everyone rated their own budget needs "Highest Priority" It is a mockery f the priority system! Asok: Name one thing that everyone would agree is a low priority. Alice: whatever you're doing.
Wednesday August 13,
2003
Tags legal department, products, highly defective, user specification, ate letter, hugely defective prodcut
Transcript
The Boss: "Our legal department advises us to destroy any documents that show we know our products are hugely defective." "CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP, CHEW, CHEW, GULP." Alice: "Do you have room in there for the user specifications?"
Thursday August 14,
2003
Tags billion dollar product line, designed and launched, meets expectations, high expectations, worng
Transcript
"Alice, this year you single-handedly designed and launched a billion dollar line of new products." "For that accomplishment, I give you the highly coveted 'meets expectations' designation!" "Alice, if having high expectations of you is wrong, then I don't want to be right."
Friday August 15,
2003
Tags approve plan, software commitee, soar like eagles, millions of dollars, sidetracked, eagles, software, engineering
Transcript
Dilbert: "We can either wait three months for the software committee to approve our plan..." Dilbert: "Or we can soar like eagles, and act without approval, saving millions of dollars!" Dilbert: "Please don't be sidetracked by the analogy." The Boss: "Since when do eagles use software?"
Saturday August 16,
2003
Tags process of getting approval, hard way, meeting, no direct answers, business
Transcript
The man who couldn't give direct answers. Alice: "Did you ask your boss for approval?" Man: "Now i will explain the process for getting approval." Alice: "Do you want to do this the hard way?" Man: "First, you ask for a meeting."
Sunday August 17,
2003
Tags netwrok security, buggy, complicated, user guide, pure evil, tech support dept, chimp with typewriter, strategy, victims, hair quiver, consultants, paid by hour
Transcript
Dogbert Consults. DOgbert: "Your network-security product is buggy and complicated." "Your used guide is an inspired work of pure evil." "And your tech-support department is an inebriated chimpanzee with a typewriter." "One strategy would be to fix all of those problems." The Boss: "What's the other strategy?" Dogbert: "Sell consulting services to your victims... I mean customers!" The Boss: "I'm so happy, it's making my hair quiver!" "But what do we do when our consultants can't make our products work either?" Dogbert: "They're paid by the hour." The Boss: "QUIVER!!"
Monday August 18,
2003
Tags multiple personalities, fired cowboy, little girl, twins, aftrenoon, mime
Transcript
"I'm trying to fire a guy who has multiple personalities." "I'm exhausted. I fired the cowboy, the little girl, and the astronaut this morning. I'll do the twins later this afternoon." "I'm tired, but it's a good tired." "Can I do the mime?"


