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Before Or After Firing

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Before Or After Firing - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, managers & supervisors, prototype, request, fire

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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?

Bias For Action

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Bias For Action - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags managers & supervisors, sarcasm, co-workers, business, meeting, prototype, bias

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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!

Price Gouging

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Price Gouging - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, network, idiot, price, gouging, upgrade

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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.

Upgrade Schedule

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Upgrade Schedule - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, vendor, network, upgrade, allocating, technology

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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.

Who Is The Fool

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Who Is The Fool - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, install, server, upgrade, fool, lie, technology

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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.

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 - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, conversation, excellent, hardware, network, price, record, reliability, warranty

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dilbert: the new hardware you bought isn't compatible with our network. boss: i know, but the price was excellent, and they have a great reliability record. dilbert: i don't even know what conversation i'm in right now. boss: the extended warranty is second to none.

Making World Better Place

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Making World Better Place - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags managers & supervisors, business, money, meeting, employees, taxes, cancer, sarcasm

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boss: i don't want employees who are only working for the money. i want employees who are working to make the world a better place. dilbert: how does working here make the world a better place? half of our products cause cancer, and the other half don't work at all. wally: we don't even pay taxes. one could argue that every day we spend working here makes the planet a little bit worse. boss: is that why i never see you doing any work? wally: when did it become a crime to care about people? sheesh!

Vendor Not Performing

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Vendor Not Performing - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, vendor, performance, replace, parent, company, subsidiaries, sub-contract

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dilbert: we will no longer be using you as a vendor because you have not performed. vendor employee: i already knew that because you replaced us with one of the subsidiaries of my parent company. dilbert: well, at least it isn't you. vendor employee voice on phone: who do think they sub-contract that work to?

Email Versus Meeting

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Email Versus Meeting - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, meeting, email, hugs, e-card, co-workers

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dilbert: is there anything you plan to do in this meeting that we couldn't have done more easily by email. alice, boss & dilbert sitting at table saying nothing. boss: hugs? dilbert: send me an e-card.

Slide Deck Too Well Designed

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Slide Deck Too Well Designed - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business, managers & supervisors, office workers, tasks, well-designed

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boss: your slide deck is too well-designed. it suggests you spend too much time on things that are not important. asok: you don't give me important tasks. boss: that's no excuse for good design.