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Friday September 08,
2017
Robots In Management
Tags managers, loopholes, robot, automation, murder, killing, productivity
Transcript
Boss: Our experiment with robots in management has been a success. Productivity is way up since they started killing the low-performing humans. CEO: But... that's murder. Boss: Only when humans do it. We found a loophole.
Saturday September 09,
2017
All Robots Quit
Tags quitting, employment, intelligence, insult
Transcript
Dilbert: All of our robots quit and left the company. Boss: I should have seen this coming. The smart ones always leave. Dilbert: excuse me? Boss: Get back to work, lifer.
Sunday September 10,
2017
Tags distraction, cell phone, technology, attention, anger, frustration, viral video
Transcript
Boss: Dilbert, do you want to weigh in on this? Dilbert: Sorry, I wasn't listening. I was playing with my phone under the table. Boss: Terrific. Alice, how about you? Alice: Um... sorry. I was using my phone under the table. Boss: Was anyone in this room listening to me for the past half-hour? Forget it! I'm out of here! You're on your own! Worst meeting ever. Carol: Have you seen the viral video of you going nuts?
Monday September 11,
2017
Too Dumb To Understand
Tags insult, intelligence, ego
Transcript
Man: Your idea will never work. Dilbert: That's because you're too dumb to understand it. My idea would look brilliant if you were sixty percent smarter. Man: I don't know how to respond to that. Dilbert: That's consistent with my hypothesis.
Tuesday September 12,
2017
Wally Takes Decaf Vacations
Wednesday September 13,
2017
Engineer With No Soul
Tags soul, motivation, cruelty, abuse
Transcript
Boss: I hired an engineer who has no soul. This way, I won't feel so bad when I motivate him with emotional abuse. Dilbert: You're joking, right? Boss: Ha! You're right. I never feel bad about stuff.
Thursday September 14,
2017
Emptiness And Pain
Tags pain, emptiness, soul, work ethic, motivation
Transcript
Dilbert: This is Randy, our new employee who has no soul. Tina: Wow. What's it like to have no soul? Randy: I feel only emptiness and pain. Tina: I hope you didn't take this job to get away from emptiness and pain. Randy: No, I just wanted to get paid for it.
Friday September 15,
2017
Randy Meets Robot
Tags soul, robot, a.i., artificial intelligence, morals, etiquette
Transcript
Dilbert: Robot, I'd like you to meet Randy. He has no soul, just like you. Robot: What's the etiquette for this situation? Do we high-five, then kill the soul-bag where he stands? Dilbert: I can hear you. Randy: He makes a good point. It would be better to surprise him.
Saturday September 16,
2017
Reanimated Employee
Tags soul, death, near death experience, heaven, hell, medical
Transcript
Dilbert: How did you end up with no soul? Randy: I died during surgery and my soul went to the afterlife before doctors reanimated my body. Dilbert: I thought the soul returns when that happens. Randy: You're thinking of heaven.
Sunday September 17,
2017
Tags argument, anger, frustration, trolling, needling
Transcript
Dilbert: And that's how much money the new system will save us per year. Man: Apparently you don't care how much it costs because you're an ignorant narcissist. Dilbert: I talked about the costs in great detail. What's wrong with you? Man: Oh, I guess you're walking it all back now. Dilbert: There's nothing to walk back. I'm saying the same thing I said earlier. Man: Nice try, hypocrite! Dilbert: I don't know what is happening right now!!! Man: Why is he so defensive? Boss: He's losing it.


