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125 Results for Excuse
View 1 - 10 results for excuse comic strips. Discover the best "Excuse" comics from Dilbert.com.
Monday March 08,
2021
Traumatic Story
Tags mental health, sales, sales personnel, business, technology, salesman, traumatic, experience, child, story, relate, manipulate, emotions, short-circuit, critical, thinking
Transcript
salesman in meeting: before i tell you about our newest product, i'd like to tell you a story about a traumatic experience i had as a child. wally: is your story related to the topic, or is it just an excuse to yammer about something that happened to you? salesman: i'm trying to manipulaye your emotions to short-circuit your critical thinking. wally: okay. carry on.
Friday December 25,
2020
Can't Tell When He Is Joking
Tags business, joking, managers & supervisors, sarcasm, technology, employment, moon lighting, work, video conference
Transcript
dilbert, boss and asok in front of laptop on video conference call. voice from laptop: excuse me. i have to take a call from one of the other employers who also believes i work for them full time from home. boss to dilbert: i can't tell when he's joking. dilbert: that's probably for the best.
Friday September 18,
2020
Chip For Tracking
Tags business, managers & supervisors, chip, track, employee, badge, convenience, excuse, coincedence, face mask, sarcasm
Transcript
boss: we are adding a chip to your employee badges so we can track your social distancing. dilbert: that sounds like a convenient excuse to do something you've always wanted to do anyway. boss: that's probably a coincidence.
Saturday June 13,
2020
Emergency Project
Tags boring, boss, emergency, excuses, office workers, technology, work
Transcript
Dilbert: Do you have any emergencies for me to work on? Boss: I do. Dilbert: Perfect! I needed an excuse to avoid working on the boring parts of my job. Boss: I also need your status report by end of day. Dilbert: I would totally do that if not for this darned emergency.
Monday May 04,
2020
Elbonian Spy
Tags business, managers & supervisors, face mask, coronavirus, spy, foreigner, data, security, racist, excuse
Transcript
boss wearing face mask: our data security team informs me we have an elbonian spy in our midst. dilbert wearing face mask: maybe it's this elbonian guy you hired. elbonian wearing face mask: whoa, that is super racist. dilbert: is it you? elbonian: yes, but i don't see how that excuses you.
Friday April 24,
2020
Dogbert Hovers
Tags business, working from home, annoy, work, hear, footsteps, hoover, health, coronavirus, excuse, living
Transcript
dilbert: i can't get any work done at home because i keep hearing your footsteps all day! dogbert: excuse me for living. i'll try hovering from now on. dilbert: can you do that? dogbert hovering: there's a lot you don't know about me.
Thursday February 06,
2020
Slide Deck Too Well Designed
Tags business, managers & supervisors, office workers, tasks, well-designed
Transcript
boss: your slide deck is too well-designed. it suggests you spend too much time on things that are not important. asok: you don't give me important tasks. boss: that's no excuse for good design.
Wednesday May 22,
2019
Wally Has Best Excuse
Tags boss, business, office, office workers, success
Transcript
wally: i was tempted to succeed this week, but i caught myself in time. wally: success would improve my odds of mating, and i don't think you want more people like me in this world. the boss: that is officially the best excuse for not working that i have ever heard. wally: shhh! don't compliment me in public!
Friday January 18,
2019
Did Not Know About The Server
Tags employees, excuses, irritation, managers & supervisors, office workers
Transcript
Boss: It's been six months now and you still haven't fixed our server issue. Dilbert: I didn't know we had a server issue. Boss: That's no excuse. Dilbert: Actually, it's kind of a good excuse. Boss: Now you're making excuses for your excuses!

