2019 Comic Strips - Page 27
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Wednesday September 18,
2019
Read The Manual
Tags computer software, employees, frustrated, managers & supervisors, sarcasm, technology
Transcript
Dilbert: We need to fix our user interface because half of our users can't figure it out. Boss: Tell them to read the manual. Dilbert: That's not how you fix a bad user interface. Boss: Then why do manuals exist? Dilbert: If you need me, I'll be banging my head against a wall.
Thursday September 19,
2019
Head Banging Outcome
Tags employees, frustration, office workers
Transcript
Wally: What happened to your head? Dilbert: I've been banging it against a wall to reduce my frustration with my co-workers. Wally: Is it working? Dilbert: I think so because I don't remember your name.
Friday September 20,
2019
Thinking
Tags danger, employees, frustration, office workers, thinking
Transcript
Dilbert: Please don't stare at my head. I've been banging it against a wall to reduce my frustration. Alice: That sounds dangerous. Dilbert: I thought so too, at first. Alice: And now? Dilbert: Now I don't think. I'm much happier.
Saturday September 21,
2019
Dilbert Gets His Head Fixed
Tags confused, employees, frustration, garbage, help, office workers
Transcript
Garbage Man: Looks like you've been beating your head against a wall in frustration. Stick your head in this garbage can to fix it. Dilbert: Why is this working? Garbage Man: Why wouldn't it?
Sunday September 22,
2019
New Tv Ad
Tags argument, business ethics, marketing, men and women, office workers, relations between the sexes, accuse
Transcript
Dilbert: Ben, from marketing, is here to give us a preview of our new tv ad. Ben: The opening scene shows a bunch of men who are weak and stupid, failing to solve a common problem. Then a confident and strong woman enters and solves the problem with ease. Dilbert: Isn't that incredibly sexist? Ben: No, because only the men are weak and stupid. Dilbert: And that's not sexist? Ben: Why are you being so weak and stupid? You sound like a bigot. Dilbert: I'll be quiet now. Wally: As quickly as it began, the rebellion was quashed.
Monday September 23,
2019
Would It Look The Same
Tags boss, managers & supervisors, office workers, sarcasm, dumb, smart
Transcript
Dilbert: Hypothetically, how would you know if I were dumber than you or much smarter? Because in both cases I would make choices that you wouldn't understand. Wouldn't it look the same to you? Boss: I don't enjoy talking to you.
Tuesday September 24,
2019
Try Hiding
Tags Advice, boss, compliment, criticism, ego, employees, managers & supervisors
Transcript
Dogbert: If you compliment your employees, they will get big heads and think they are underpaid. But if you criticize them, they will be unhappy and quit. Boss: What should I do instead of those things? Dogbert: Have you tried hiding?
Wednesday September 25,
2019
Curse Of Competence
Tags computer software, employees, office workers, problem, sarcasm, condescending
Transcript
Man: I need your help solving a software problem on my computer. Dilbert: Why am I cursed with the sort of competence that makes me a servant to the incapable? Man: I don't know what that means. Dilbert: If you did, you could probably fix your own problems.
Thursday September 26,
2019
Juggling 17 Balls
Tags comparison, criticism, employees, office workers, overwhelmed, juggle
Transcript
Alice: I have too many projects. Boss: Pfft! If a juggler can juggle five balls at once, you can handle seventeen projects. Alice: But...no juggler can juggle seventeen balls at once. Boss: Not the lazy ones.
Friday September 27,
2019
Hypothetical Observer
Tags boss, employees, insults, managers & supervisors, office workers, sarcasm, idiot
Transcript
Dilbert: Thank you for explaining to me how to do my job, for which I am highly trained and you are not. An observer might be tempted to say only an idiot would do such a thing. Boss: Is that an insult? Dilbert: Hey, don't blame me for what a hypothetical observer says.


