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13 Results for Absent Mindedness
View 1 - 10 results for absent mindedness comic strips. Discover the best "Absent Mindedness" comics from Dilbert.com.
Thursday July 28,
2005
Tags absent monded, cauliflower, replace brain, specialist, untested, worth a cahnce
Transcript
"I'm referring you to a specialist who can treat your absent-mindedness." "His method is untested, but I think it's worth a chance." "You'll replace my brain with a cauliflower?" "They're just like brains, but much cheaper."
Thursday June 09,
2011
Tags absent mindedness, computers & peripherals, unix servers, new servers, new names
Transcript
Wally: This week I renamed all of the Unix servers to make them easier to remember. In phase one, the new names exist only in my mind. I won't know if they're easy to remember until next week. Dilbert: How are the new server names? Wally: I don't know what you're talking about. Next week.
Sunday June 05,
2011
Tags absent mindedness, annoyance, status upadte, multitask, one task, doubling rate of failure, useless blob of carbon
Transcript
Alice: Seriously? You're going to do email while I give my status update? Boss: Don't worry. I can multitask. Alice: Multitask? you can barely do one task properly. All you're doing is doubling your rate of failure. Congratulations on becoming the most useless blob of carbon in the universe. Boss: What? Sorry. I missed that. Alice: I said my project is on schedule. Boss: Okay. Great. Alice: This totally works for me.
Saturday January 28,
2012
Tags absent mindedness, machinery, build robots, wait a week, forgets
Transcript
CEO: Stop everything you're doing and build robots. Dilbert: Let's wait a week and see if he forgets. Boss: Does that work? Alice: It works with you.
Wednesday November 22,
1989
Tags absent mindedness, Dilbert, ego, starving, feed
Transcript
Dilbert: Yikes! What are you?! Ego: Do not panic. I am your ego. My ego??...shouldn't you be inside me someplace? Ego: Well, yes, normally we egos feed within the body. Dilbert: So what the heck are you doing out here? Ego: You're starving me, man. I'm going to try out for a play or something.
Sunday August 19,
2012
Tags absent mindedness, cruelty, managers & supervisors, entrpenuer, bullying, lying, manipulation, verbal abuse, huge jerk, biograophy, business
Transcript
Dogbert: You need to act more like an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs make decisions that will end in failure 90% of the time. They motivate people through bullying, lying, manipulation and verbal abuse. Entrepreneurs make their employees work so many hours that their personal lives and their bodies fall apart. Boss: I've been doing all that stuff for years. Dogbert: Has it worked? Boss: No. Dogbert: Well, in that case, you're not an entrepreneur. You're just a huge jerk. Boss: Is that why no one is writing my biography?
Tuesday January 08,
2013
Tags absent mindedness, frustration, design, specs, deadlines, schedule, incompetence
Transcript
Coworker: Did you finish the design according to my specs? Dilbert: Yep. Coworker: Hypothetically, if I had forgotten to mention several features, would that be a problem? And let's say the deadline is still the same. Dilbert: No problem. I always plan my schedule around your incompetence.
Friday June 28,
2013
Tags absent mindedness, interviews, unemployed, out of work, rising a bike, swivel, fall, chair
Transcript
Boss: I'm concerned because you've been out of work for such a long time. Interviewee: It's like riding a bicycle. Once you learn, you always know how. Boss: Are you okay? Interviewee: Did chairs always swivel?
Tuesday January 13,
2015
The Illusion Of Leadership
Tags absent mindedness, Advice, forget, forgetfulness, jargon, leadership, managers, managers & supervisors, business
Transcript
Boss: I forget why I walked over here. Dilbert: Were you planning to spew empty jargon in my direction to create the illusion of leadership? Boss: Oh, right. But now it feels as if the moment has passed.
Saturday October 10,
2015
Not The Finest Moment
Tags absent mindedness, memory, remember, forget
Transcript
Boss: Seeing you reminds me that I forgot to give you the thing you asked for. But I don't remember what it was. Dilbert: Neither do I. Boss: This isn't our finest moment.

