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Monday February 15,
2016
Trust Yet Verify
Tags #philosophy, #philosopher, #oxymoron, #micromanaging
Transcript
Boss: I believe in the old Ronald Reagan saying that you should "trust, but verify." That's why I empower you, yet I micromanage. Alice: What the...? Boss: Don't hate me for being philosophical.
Tuesday March 01,
2016
Trapped Under Rubble
Tags #freedom, #guest artist, #happiness, #job, #misery, #satisfaction, #john glynn, #business, #psychology
Transcript
Asok: I miss the freedom I had as an Uber driver. This job feels like being trapped under rubble. Wally: We old-timers have a name for that feeling. Asok: What is it? Wally: "Better than average."
Sunday May 01,
2016
Tags #election, #voting, #technology, #fraud, #cheating, #vote, #Politics
Transcript
Boss: We won a contract to write software for voting machines. Dilbert: Who do you want to be president? Boss: Why do you ask? Dilbert: Because I want you to be happy. Boss: You're implying that you plan to fudge the system. Dilbert: I'm not implying anything like that. Obviously, it will be easy to fudge the data, and we are far happier when you're in a good mood. But I would never commit a crime just because it is good for ma and totally undetectable. Boss: Okay, good. Dilbert: So who do you want to win and by how much?
Monday April 11,
2016
The Science Of Astrology
Tags #Astrology, #metaphysics, #science, #planning, #sign, #zodiac, #pseudoscience
Transcript
Carol: I'll need to know your astrological sign before I put you on his schedule. In the old days, I just gave people the first available slot. It was chaos. Dilbert: So now you use the science of astrology? Carol: It's better than science. It's an art.
Friday May 27,
2016
Wally Is Employee Of The Year
Tags #cheating, #referral, #employment, #reward, #award, #bonus, #proof, #guest artist, #jake tapper
Transcript
Boss: Our Employee Of The Year is Wally, for referring so many new people to work in engineering. We believe he accomplished this feat by manipulating the referral system, but we can't prove it. So just to hedge our bet, we misspelled his name on the certificate. Wally: I had it coming.
Wednesday August 17,
2016
A System For Transferring Mistakes
Tags #blame, #mistake, #boss, #review, #human resources, #revenge, #business
Transcript
Boss: Make sure we get all of the cost savings that our vendor promised with our new software. Dilbert: Those savings are not real. The vendor lied to you because you know nothing about technology. Boss: If only I had some way to turn my mistake into his mistake. Catbert: It's called a performance review.
Thursday November 10,
2016
Talking About The Last Job
Tags #personality, #comparing, #employees, #dumb, #business, #psychology
Transcript
Man: I will now compare my last job to this one because it is all I ever talk about. Everyone was so much smarter at my old job. Fuh-fuh-fuh-fuh. Dilbert: I assume that's why they fired you. Man: Lucky guess.
Friday November 11,
2016
Nothing Else To Talk About
Tags #personality, #boring, #bored, #conversation, #small talk, #psychology
Transcript
Man: Do you want to know how we would have handled this situation at my old job? Dilbert: No. Dilbert: Nothing would interest me less. Man: My only other topics of conversation are my health problems and TV shows you haven't seen. Dilbert: I stand corrected.
Saturday November 12,
2016
Bought His Last Company
Tags #comparison, #comparing, #merger, #acquisition, #liquidation, #layoff, #redundancy, #big business, #competition, #darwin
Transcript
Man: That's now how we did it at my prior company. Boss: We bought your old company, fired all of the employees, and discontinued all of its products. Man: How is that possible? Boss: It's called "survival of the fittest." It's just science.
Saturday November 26,
2016
Airport Scanners
Tags #video, #security camera, #tsa, #air travel
Transcript
CEO: I heard you appeared naked on Elbonian television. Dilbert: I did? CEO: The only television show in Elbonia is a live feed from their airport full-body scanners. Dilbert: That can't be true. CEO: One of our subsidiaries built the system. Here's you.