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129 Results for Vendor Challenge
View 1 - 10 results for vendor challenge comic strips. Discover the best "Vendor Challenge" comics from Dilbert.com.
Saturday October 24,
2020
Lover Not A Fighter
Tags #business, #technology, #software, #price, #lover, #fighter, #report, #human resources, #bully, #sexual discrimination
Transcript
dilbert: i'd fight with you on the price of this software, but i'm more of a lover than a fighter. female software vendor: are you hitting on me? you'd better buy my software now, or i'll report you to your own human resources. dilbert: okay. okay. i'll do anything you want. female software vendor: wow. you were right when you said you're not a fighter.
Sunday August 09,
2020
Vendor With No Facemask
Tags #covering, #face, #face mask, #managers & supervisors, #plastic, #required, #suffocated, #vendor
Transcript
boss: can you believe a vendor tried to come in here with no face mask? i told him it didn't matter what kind of face covering he used, it only mattered that he had one. this is where my tale takes a dark turn. now peeved, the vendor stormed back to his car, where he had a bagged lunch. he angrily removed the plastic wrap from his sandwich and wrapped it around his head to serve as his face mask. he suffocated in minutes obviously. dilbert: is that the sandwich? boss: would have gone to waste.
Monday July 06,
2020
Five Pages Of Forms
Tags #salesman, #vendor, #application, #technology, #cancel, #order, #easy, #difficult, #signature
Transcript
vendor salesman: just fill out these five pages of information, and we're good to go. dilbert: no. cancel the order, and i'll find an easier vendor to work with. vendor salesman: in that case, all i need is your signature. dilbert: that worked? continued...
Friday February 28,
2020
Purchasing Department
Tags #managers & supervisors, #business, #purchasing, #vendor, #market, #quote, #coffee
Transcript
Purchasing Manager Bob: you need there vendor quotes, or i can't approve it. dilbert: there are only two vendors in that market. bob: come back when something changes.
Thursday February 13,
2020
Price Gouging
Tags #business, #network, #idiot, #price, #gouging, #upgrade
Transcript
vendor: now that the network installation is half-done, i have you idiots right where i want you. it's too late for you to get a new vendor, so i'll be price-gouging you on upgrades you didn't even know you would need. dilbert: why are you telling us???? vendor: it makes it more fun for me.
Wednesday February 12,
2020
Upgrade Schedule
Tags #business, #vendor, #network, #upgrade, #allocating, #technology
Transcript
vendor: we should be able to finish the network upgrade in about three months. dilbert: when you bid for the job. you said it would take thirty days. vendor: if we're allocating blame. i'm not the one who was dumb enough to believe me.
Tuesday February 11,
2020
Who Is The Fool
Tags #business, #install, #server, #upgrade, #fool, #lie, #technology
Transcript
vendor: we can't finish the installation unless you buy our server upgrade. dilbert: that means you lied when you bid for the job, because you did not include a server upgrade. vendor: who's the fool now? dilbert: that would be me.
Saturday February 08,
2020
Vendor Not Performing
Tags #business, #vendor, #performance, #replace, #parent, #company, #subsidiaries, #sub-contract
Transcript
dilbert: we will no longer be using you as a vendor because you have not performed. vendor employee: i already knew that because you replaced us with one of the subsidiaries of my parent company. dilbert: well, at least it isn't you. vendor employee voice on phone: who do think they sub-contract that work to?
Wednesday January 01,
2020
Rfp Process
Tags #business, #managers & supervisors, #rfp, #proceed, #stupid, #technology, #obsolete
Transcript
dilbert: we finished the r.f.p. process and selected a vendor. but it tool so long that all of their technology is obsolete. should i proceed stupidly? boss: it got us this far.
Sunday June 16,
2019
Tags #business, #office, #rules, #quotes, #chaos, #purchasing
Transcript
purchasing manager: i can't approve this purchase without three vendor quotes. dilbert: only two companies in the world make this sort of product. purchasing manager: if i bend the rules for you, everyone will want me to bend the rules. dilbert: maybe you could only bend the rules when it makes complete sense to do so. purchasing manager: that would be chaos. Purchasing manager: everyone thinks they have a good reason to bend the rules. dilbert: is the real problem here that you were bullied in school, and you use this job for some sort of sick revenge. purchasing manager: now you need four vendor quotes.