2008 Comic Strips - Page 4
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Tuesday February 05,
2008
Tags identify systems, inefficient, new standards, passive aggressive, freelancer
Transcript
Alice: That thing is called a "boss." His job is to identify systems that are inefficient and make them our new standards. The Boss: I do way more than that. Alice: Don't look directly at it."
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marketing, project, cloud, catbert, leadership, budget, birthday, engineer, time sheet, sales, wally, strategy, dogbert, powerpoint, project management, topper, leader, boss, change, meeting, data, management, mordac
Wednesday February 06,
2008
Tags monkey trainer, freelancer, career choices, banana, cubicle
Transcript
The Boss: Is this 'take your daughter to work day' again? Girl: No, I'm a free-lancer. I've narrowed my career choices to prison guard or monkey trainer. The boss: I don't see how coming here will help. Girl: I'll give you a banana if you show me your cubicles.
Thursday February 07,
2008
Tags boss, distraction, meeting, move, office, phone ring, rug catch fire, business
Transcript
Dilbert: I'm here to go through the motions of trying to ask you a question. But we both know your phone will ring, or you'll be late for a meeting, or the carpet will catch on fire before I ask the question. It's a short question, so get ready to make your move."
Friday February 08,
2008
Tags five year plan, five minutes, office, room, conference room
Transcript
The Boss: My new five-year plan looks like this. Plan Dilbert: How can you have a five-year plan when you don't know what will happen in five minutes? Ted: We have this room now. The Boss: Bad timing, Shoo! Shoo!"
Saturday February 09,
2008
Tags competition, mocking, salvage joy, work, five year plan
Transcript
Dilbert: Our competitors just made new five-year plan moot. While we were strategizing, they were doing something I believe they call 'work. On the plus side, I managed to salvage some joy by mocking you. The Boss: Whatever you're doing stop it."
Monday February 11,
2008
Tags sensitive material, interoffice, topsecret, moron, security department, slap hard, run fast
Transcript
Ted: Your most sensitive materials should always be sent in an interoffice envelope marked 'top secret. Dilbert: Are you a moron who works in our security department, or an industrial spy who is too lazy to look through lots of envelopes? The boss: Our security guys don't slap that hard or run that fast.
Tuesday February 12,
2008
Tags servers, electricity, virtualize, trade journal, software, over shoulder, computer, boss, worker, technology, engineering
Transcript
The Boss: Our servers are using too much electricity. We need to virtualize. I did my part by reading about virtualization in a trade journal. Now you do the software part. Why is your part taking so long?"
Wednesday February 13,
2008
Tags consultant, virtualization, project, employees, heavy thinking, obstacles, progress, business
Transcript
The Boss: I hired a consultant to help with our virtualization project because I don't trust employees with anything important. Dogbert: I will do the heavy thinking while each of you performs your usual duties as obstacles to progress. Dilbert: You said this is my project! Dogbert: I'll let him unplug something.
Thursday February 14,
2008
Tags hurl software, phase one, server, unplug server, virtualization project, team of monkeys
Transcript
Dogbert: There's no need to worry about the server virtualization project. In phase one a team of blind monkeys will unplug unnecessary servers. In phase two, the monkeys will hurl software at whatever is left. Voila!"
Friday February 15,
2008
Tags server, project, virtualization, rates, online, trouble ticket, scam, inside job
Transcript
Dogbert: The server virtualization project is done, and there are no trouble tickets. My rates might seem steep, but remember, there are no trouble tickets. Dilbert: Our online trouble ticket system is broken."

