Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 8th March 1994

Dilbert//1788, first published 32 years ago on Tuesday 8th March 1994

Tags

budget analyst budget cuts intelligent choices understand enginering strategy

Open source transcript

SUSAN, I WANT YOU TO MAKE SOME BUDGET CUTS THROUGHOUT MY DEPARTMENT.

BUT I'M ONLY THE BUDGET ANALYST.

I COULDN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE ENGINEERING PROJECTS ENOUGH TO MAKE INTELLIGENT CHOICES.

REALLY? GREAT!

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST !

SHALL I WHOMP UP A STRATEGY WHILE I'M AT IT?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Budget Analyst's Dilemma"

Summary:

• The comic strip depicts a conversation between a boss and an employee, Susan, who is a budget analyst.
• The boss requests Susan to make budget cuts throughout the department, but Susan expresses her inability to comprehend the engineering projects' requirements to make intelligent choices.
• The boss responds by asking Susan to "whomp up a strategy," which is a humorous way of saying to come up with a plan.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of managers asking employees to do impossible tasks without providing sufficient guidance or resources.

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