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Saturday December 14,
2019
Denying Science
Tags business, technology, medical, antidepressants, product, science
Transcript
dogbert's tech support dogbert: i recommend taking powerful antidepressants. it won't make our product any easier to use, but maybe you won't care as much. of course it will work. sheesh! - deny science much?
Monday December 16,
2019
How Long It Will Take
Tags business, assignment, deadline, incompetence, meeting, co-workers, months
Transcript
boss: can you have it done in a week? dilbert: not if i have to work with other employees. given the galactic incompetence of my co-workers, it would probably take seven to non months. boss: i'll give you two weeks. dilbert: that's how long it will take to set up the first meeting.
Tuesday December 17,
2019
Technical Difficulties
Tags technical, difficulties, meeting, business, conference, call, audio, technology
Transcript
boss: how'd your meeting go? dilbert: we spent an hour trying to get the conference call audio to work. boss: and then? dilbert: it was a one-hour meeting.
Wednesday December 18,
2019
Can't Work From Home
Tags business, managers & supervisors, technology, power, work from home
Transcript
dilbert: can i work from home? boss: no, because then i won't have the enjoyable sensation of wielding power over you. dilbert: everything about that sounds wrong. boss: off you go.
Thursday December 19,
2019
Not Fair
Tags business, managers & supervisors, work from home, fairness, power
Transcript
tina: i hear we are not allowed to work from home because it doesn't satisfy your sick need to wield power over us in person. boss: that's not fair. tina: is it accurate? boss: let's stick with "not fair."
Friday December 20,
2019
Worst Idea Ever
Tags idea, savings, fake, psychic, prediction, money, unhappy
Transcript
boss: this is the worst idea i have ever seen. dilbert: didn't you once tell me you spent all of your savings on a fake psychic? and the only prediction she got right was that you would lose all of your money? boss: she also predicted i would be unhappy.
Saturday December 21,
2019
Thwarting Alice's Career
Monday December 23,
2019
Ship Without Manual
Tags business, technology, ship, user, interface, model, enemy
Transcript
dilbert: the product is ready to ship as soon as the new user guide is complete. boss: ship it with the old model's user guide. dilbert: the user interface is totally different. boss: don't let perfect be the enemy of shipping.
Tuesday December 24,
2019
Dogbert's Tech Support
Tags technology, user, manual, common sense
Transcript
dogbert's tech support dogbert: yes, we know the user manual refers to the wrong product. just use your common sense to figure out what the manual should have said. voice from phone: i tried the, but it didn't work. dogbert: i can't fix your common sense!
Wednesday December 25,
2019
User Complaints
Tags managers & supervisors, technology, support, business, staff, overwhelmed, bonus, product, launch, department, problem, cause, fair
Transcript
dilbert: our tech support staff is overwhelmed because we shipped the wrong user guide with our product. boss: my bonus only depends on launching the product on time. tech support isn't my department. dilbert: you caused the problem. boss: who told you it was a fair world.


