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29 Results for Spreadsheet
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Wednesday January 06,
2016
Three Problems With Spreadsheet
Tags spreadsheet, criticism, semantics, error, correction
Transcript
Boss: Did you see any errors on the spreadsheet I put together? Dilbert: Only three. Boss: What are they? Dilbert: Your data, your format, and your formulas.
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Thursday January 07,
2016
Does It Matter If The Spreadsheet Is Wrong
Tags idea, reality, accuracy, creative accounting, numbers, math, error, excel, spreadsheet, education
Transcript
Alice: What are the odds that you made this complicated spreadsheet without any critical errors? Boss: Does it matter, as long as it gives me the answer I want? Alice: It should. Boss: But ask yourself if it does.
Saturday April 02,
2011
Tags complaining, communication skills, poor skills, random numbers, spreadsheet, clarify, listening skills
Transcript
Woman says, "This isn't what I wanted." Dilbert says, "I know." Dilbert says, "Your communication skill are so poor that I gave up trying to understand what you wanted and instead put some random numbers on a spreadsheet." Woman says, "Why didn't you just ask me to clarify?!" Dilbert says, "Apparently your listening skills need work too."
Monday September 07,
1992
Tags Dilbert, Dogbert, multimedia, include, video, music, computer, programs, morning, face, theme, star wars, budget, spreadsheet, forgot, survived, ugly, science, collide, art
Transcript
Dilbert stands at a desk in front of a computer and video camera. Dilbert says, "It's called multimedia, Dogbert. Now I can include video and music with my computer programs." Dilbert continues, "This morning I added my face plus the theme song from 'Star Wars' to my budget spreadsheet." Dilbert continues, "I already forgot how I survived without it." Dogbert replies, "It can get pretty ugly when science and art collide."
Wednesday February 17,
1993
Tags ted, the boss, typo, budget, spreadsheet, pay, work, happiest, day, life
Transcript
An employee says to the Boss, "I found a typo in the budget spreadsheet . . . It's too late to fix it." The man continues, "We transferred one job to another group but accidentally kept the money and headcount." The Boss tells another man, ". . . So, we still pay you but you aren't allowed to do work." The man thinks, "This is the happiest day of my life."
Thursday December 30,
1993
Tags Dilbert, Dogbert, conquer, building, Religion, life, calculate, spreadsheet, law, students, zero, bar
Transcript
Dogbert stands on a desk chair. Dogbert tells Dilbert, "I can't decide if it would be better to conquer the world by building an army or starting a religion." Dilbert asks, "Which one would have the least loss of life?" Dogbert replies, "That's what I'm trying to calculate on this spreadsheet." Dilbert asks, "Why are you counting law students as two-tenths of a person?" Dogbert replies, "It doesn't drop to zero until they pass the bar."
Thursday March 30,
1995
Tags built a spreadsheet, relative qualities, twenty percent, stop dating, wrong formula, higher math skills, error intentional, batch of flowers
Transcript
Liz sits at her computer and Dilbert looks over her shoulder. Liz says, "I built a spreadsheet to compare our relative qualities. I'm afraid I'm twenty percent too good for you. We must stop dating." Dilbert points at the screen and says, "NO! Look, Liz, you have the wrong formula in this column! That must mean I have higher math skills than you! We're almost even!" After Dilbert leaves, Liz sits at her computer and Dogbert sits on her printer. Dogbert says to Liz, "You left that error in there intentionally." Liz answers, "My last batch of flowers is wilting."
Saturday December 12,
1998
Tags boss with spreadsheet, increase page number, exhausted
Transcript
Wally and Dilbert look in on the Boss who is working on his computer. Wally says, "Nothing is more dangerous than a boss with a spreadsheet." The boss types. The Boss thinks, "If I increase the page number, our sales go up. I'm onto something." Dilbert, The Boss and Wally sit in a meeting. The Boss says, "On page 843 the sale would be higher, but I was exausted."
Thursday May 21,
2009
Tags new employee, spreadsheet, yelling, pain, bored, ridiculous
Transcript
The MBA guy Man says, "I put together a spreadsheet that might interest you." The boss says, "Ow! Ow! It's so boring, it hurts my head!" The boss says, "My brain is trying to escape through my ear!" Man says, "I get this a lot."
Tuesday August 07,
2007
Tags manage spreadsheet, track things, problems, cute optimism, pretty fuzzy
Transcript
The Boss: I've decided to manage by spreadsheet. "I'll track things until all of our problems fix themselves." CatBert: "Your optimism is cute." The Boss: "Thanks. You're pretty fuzzy yourself."