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97 Results for Vortex Of Failure
View 21 - 30 results for vortex of failure comic strips. Discover the best "Vortex Of Failure" comics from Dilbert.com.
Monday May 05,
2008
Tags #count on cooperation, #scent of failure, #bath, #submerged, #fix it
Transcript
Dilbert says, "Can I could on your cooperation for the next phase of the project?" Woman says, "No." Woman says, "You emit the musky scent of failure. Women can detect that sort of thing." Dilbert says, "Would a bath fix it?" Woman says, "How long are you willing to stay submerged?"
Tuesday May 06,
2008
Tags #musky scent of failure, #acquired, #successful, #garbageman advice
Transcript
"I acquired the musky scent of failure. Do you have anything that can get rid of it?" "Try being successful at something important." "I work in a fabric-covered box." "Okay, then try rubbing this behind both ears."
Tuesday November 04,
2008
Tags #root cause, #projects failure, #determinist, #origin of universe, #cubicle destroyed, #free will
Transcript
The Boss says, "Does anyone know the root cause of our project's failure?" Dilbert says, "I'm a determinist, so I'd have to say the problem goes back to the origin of the universe." The Boss says, "Why are you like this?" Dilbert says, "My cubicle destroyed my illusion of free will."
Thursday April 22,
2010
Tags #meeting, #definition of success, #slowing of failure, #rate of doing nothing, #improve, #business
Transcript
The Boss says, "The company is happy to annouce that compaired to previous years, we improved our rate of revenue decline." The Boss says, "We've been doing great since we redefined success as a slowing of failure." The Boss says, "Moving on. Who has a status report?" Wally says, "I improved my rate of doing nothing."
Saturday June 26,
2010
Tags #failure estimate, #hallucinate, #assumption, #make up, #understanding
Transcript
The Boss says, "Can you get me some failure estimates for our next gen product?" Dilbert says, "I can if you like numbers that are based on hallucinated assumptions." The Boss says, "I kind of do." Dilbert says, "I think we have an understanding."
Tuesday November 23,
2010
Tags #piece of paper, #request, #office, #deadline, #vague, #failure, #work hard
Transcript
Dilbert says, "The request we got for a quote is vague, and the deadline for our response is tomorrow." Dilbert says, "If I ask for clarity, we'll miss the the deadline. If I don't, our bid will either be below our cost or too high to win." Dilbert says, "Which path of certain failure do you prefer?" The Boss says, "I like the one that makes you work the hardest."
Thursday June 11,
2009
Tags #plans, #meeting, #leadership, #failure, #ridiculous, #business
Transcript
Dogbert the CEO Dogbert says, "We'll execute our strategy in the usual way." Dogbert says, "The powerful will delegate to the untalented until failure is achieved." The boss says, "How long will that take?" Dogbert says, "We just finished."
Tuesday November 10,
2009
Tags #man, #sitting, #meeting, #contract, #reading, #skipping, #failure, #inefficient, #business
Transcript
Dilbert says, "My company typically takes about four months to negotiate this type of contract." Dilbert says, "And during that time there's a 100% chance that we'll change our minds or you'll discontinue this product." Dilbert says, "Shall we save some time by declaring failure and blaming each other?" Man says, "I gave up before I even handed you the contract."
Tuesday December 01,
2009
Tags #selling, #failure, #winning: models, #product, #options
Transcript
Asok says, "Our product comes with 27 moedels with over 9,000 options." Dilbert says, "Given my limited time to study the options, you have guaranteed that I will make a sub-optimal choice." Dilbert says, "Thanks for making me a failure." Asok says, Well it's not really "selling" if we both win."
Sunday May 04,
2008
Tags #lead developer, #project, #setting up for failure, #gets cancelled, #motions, #hoping for cancellation
Transcript
The Boss says, "Dilbert, I want you to the be lead developer on this project." The Boss says, "Don't check the other developers' work because it will make them angry." Dilbert says, "That's okay, as long as they do good work." The Boss says, "Actually, they do bad work. Very, very bad work." Dilbert says, "You are setting me up for certain failure." The Boss says, "If work were easy, no one would pay you to do it." Dilbert says, "Okay. I'll go through the motions while hoping the project gets canceled for other reasons." Dilbert says, "Keep up the bad work, Carl." Carl says, "Who told you?"