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Character
Wednesday April 14,
2021
Office Nickname
Tags business, technology, cell phone, nickname, office, insulting, approval, bad, start, permission
Transcript
dilbert video call on cell phone. dilbert: should i call you ted, or do you prefer your office nickname? i only ask because your nickname is insulting, so i just wanted to make sure you were okay with me using it. ted: i have an office nickname? dilbert thinking: aaand we're off to a bad start.
Tuesday April 13,
2021
Pretending To Listen
Tags business, managers & supervisors, technology, laptop, pretending, listening, camera, look, zoom, anger, video call, boss, easy, golden age
Transcript
boss on video call. boss: some of you are only pretending to be paying attention to this zoom call. boss yelling: you're still doing it! stop it! look into the camera!!! dilbert at home. dilbert: pretending to listen to your boss has never been easier. dogbert: golden age!
Monday April 12,
2021
Boss Needs To Be Dumber
Tags business, managers & supervisors, sarcasm, boss, smart, dumb, technical, decision, effective, influence
Transcript
dilbert and dogbert at home. dilbert: i think i'd be more effective at work if my boss were either smarter, so he'd understand me... or dumber, so he'd know it's better to let me make all of the technical decisions. and i can't make him smarter, so my plan is to make him dumber. dogbert: it seems i've been a bad influence.
Sunday April 11,
2021
No Need To Zoom
Tags managers & supervisors, business, technology, video call, voice call, email, texting, zoom, meeting, update, team, laptop, cell phone, link, progress
Transcript
boss: i'll schedule a zoom call with the whole team tomorrow to give the update. dilbert: or you could tell me tomorrow, and i'll tell the rest of the team on our noon zoom call. boss: um, okay. i'll send you a zoom link tomorrow. dilbert: does our call need to be a video call? can we do a voice call? boss: well, yes, i guess we could just do a voice call. dilbert: do we need to talk, or can you just send me an an email? boss: i suppose i could just send you an email. dilbert: okay. we're making progress. now, have you heard of "texting"?
Saturday April 10,
2021
Pandemic In Year Two
Friday April 09,
2021
Zoom Team Building
Tags business, managers & supervisors, team, building, session, zoom, drink, heavy, home, absurd, gift, purchase, laptop, video call
Transcript
boss: on friday we'll be having a team building session on zoom. you are welcome to drink heavily because you will already be home. dilbert: i don't know how that could be more absurd. boss: and buy a gift for yourself.
Thursday April 08,
2021
Wally Not Remotely Working
Tags business, success, technology, projects, remote work, work, remote, bed, office, laptop, home
Transcript
boss and wally on video call. boss: wally, have you been successful on your projects while working at home? wally: not remotely. boss: and by that you mean you went into the office and did not work remotely? wally in bed: okay, sure.
Wednesday April 07,
2021
Title Promotion
Tags business, technology, recognition, outstanding, work, pandemic, title, Promotion, stupid, raise, ungrateful, engineer
Transcript
boss: dilbert, in recognition of your outstanding work during the pandemic, i'm giving you a promotion. dilbert: i don't want a stupid title. i want a raise. what's my new title? boss's voice through phone: "ungrateful engineer."
Tuesday April 06,
2021
Dlbert Prefers The Pandemic
Tags health & safety, pandemic, end, meet, new, people, focus, friends, prefer
Transcript
dilbert and dogbert on a walk. dilbert: i don't want the pandemic to end because i kind of prefer not meeting new people. dogbert: don't focus on the end of the pandemic. maybe it's really about the friends you didn't make along the way.
Monday April 05,
2021
Cameras Can See You
Tags business, business ethics, technology, hackers, camera, digital device, skills, detection, performance, review, minutes, laptop, coffee
Transcript
boss and wally on video call. wally: did you know hackers can see you and hear you through the cameras on your digital devices? in fact, someone with my skills could do it in minutes and never be detected. boss: what are you trying to tell me? wally: it's just something to keep in mind when you do my performance review.

