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Character
Friday December 30,
2011
Tags excitement, gloating, awesome bob, dry cleaner, flying wing suit
Transcript
Boss: I'm excited because I have a meeting in a few minutes with Awesome Bob. Everything he does is just a little bit more awesome than what anyone else does. Carol: He's running late because the dry cleaner couldn't get the sushi stains out of his flying wingsuit. Boss: AWESOME!
Saturday December 31,
2011
Tags celebrations, new year's day, happy new year, oxytocin drug dealer, magical thinking, space time continuum
Transcript
Woman: Happy New Year! Dilbert: Whoa! Settle down. I don't celebrate the magical thinking that says one random point in the space-time continuum is somehow special. Woman: It's just a hug. You'll enjoy it. Dilbert: You're like some sort of Oxytocin drug dealer.
Monday January 02,
2012
Tags business ethics, lobbying, lobbiest, bribers, holiday, birthdays, lucrative job, tax breaks, company tax breaks, interview
Transcript
Man: Your lobbyist said I could have a lucrative job here someday if I support tax breaks for your company. I have offers from other bribers, so I thought I'd stop by and see how this dump compares. Dilbert: Suddenly I know too much. Man: Fetch me some coffee and I'll make your birthday a holiday.
Tuesday January 03,
2012
Tags computers & peripherals, electronic mail, reschedule, installation, defense, miscommunication, email, denial
Transcript
Boss: I told you to reschedule the installation date. Dilbert: That conversation never happened. Maybe you planned to say it and then the thought morphed into a false memory. Boss: I'm sure I emailed you. Dilbert: You might want to pick a defense that's less checkable.
Wednesday January 04,
2012
Tags suspicion, thinking, new information, project scope, anticipate, think
Transcript
Dilbert: Based on this new information, you'll want to change our project scope. Boss: I don't do that. Dilbert: What? Think? Today I learned it's better if I don't try to guess what people mean.
Thursday January 05,
2012
Tags smart people, bad deciosns, hubris, prime candidate
Transcript
Boss: I've read that smart people make bad decisions because of their hubris. Catbert: Hubris? What is that? Boss: Beats me. But obviously I'm a prime candidate to get it.
Friday January 06,
2012
Tags best decison, conference room, listed reasons, review, thinking, vendor, work, writing
Transcript
Man: Why are you picking this vendor? Dilbert: I listed the four reasons. Individually, each reason would not be compelling. But viewed as a whole, this is the best decision. This first reason is weak. Dilbert: And here we go.
Saturday January 07,
2012
Tags language, thinking, project management, life cycle, abtraction, weightless, management process
Transcript
Ted: The project management framework embodies a project life cycle and five major project management process groups. Dilbert: Oh no! The extreme level of abstraction has made us weightless! Ted: That doesn't even make sense.
Monday January 09,
2012
Tags annoyance, roboshark, cubicle distance, 12 feet, territorial waters, robot, scare tactics
Transcript
Alice: Stop using the aisle behind my cubicle. It's distracting. Everything within twelve feet of my cubicle are my territorial waters. Ted: You can't enforce that. Alice: Tell that to my roboshark.
Tuesday January 10,
2012
Tags competition (psychology), fish & aquatic mammals, complaints, shark, doplphon, robot, patrol, waters
Transcript
Boss: I'm hearing some complaints that you built a robot shark to patrol the soc-called territorial waters around your cubicle. Alice: It's a robot dolphin. I can see how people might be confused. I need you to smile more. Shark: Whatever.

