Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 4th February 1996

Dilbert//2486, first published thirty years ago on Sunday 4th February 1996

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never undertsnd engineer all day meetings knowledge worker prodcut acronym puntucal dilbert's mother engineering

Official transcript

Dilbert sits on the couch and Dogbert sits on the backrest. Dilbert's mother offers him a cookie and says, "I'll never understand what you do for a living."

Dilbert replies, "I told you I'm an engineer, Mom."

Dilbert's mom says, "So you say, but you also say you spend all day in meetings. When do you do any engineering?"

Dilbert replies, "Good point. Let's just say I'm what the experts call a 'knowledge worker.'"

Dilbert's mother asks, "Which experts call it that?"

Dilbert replies, "I don't know."

Dilbert's mom asks, "What's the name of the product you're working on?"

Dilbert responds, "I don't know what the acronym stands for . . ."

Mom asks, "What kind of market penetration and return on investment do you expect?"

Dilbert says, "Um . . . I don't know . . ."

Dilbert's mom says, "Oh, dear . . . Well, I'm sure you're very punctual."

Dilbert shouts, "Ask me another question!! C'mon . . ."

Dogbert asks, "Why do they call you a 'KNOWLEDGE worker'?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING.

I TOLD YOU I'M AN ENGINEER, .

SO YOU SAY. BUT YOU ALSO SAY YOU SPEND ALL DAY IN MEETINGS.

WHEN DO YOU DO ANY ENGINEERING?

GOOD POINT. LET'S JUST SAY I'M WHAT THE EXPERTS CALL A "KNOWLEDGE WORKER." WHICH EXPERTS CALL IT THAT ?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT YOU'RE WORKING ON ?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACRONYM STANDS FOR WHAT KIND OF MARKET PENETRATION AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT DO YOU EXPECT ?

OH, DEAR...

WELL, I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY PUNCTUAL.

UM... I DON'T KNOW..

ASK ME ANOTHER QUESTION!!

C'MON WHY DO THEY CALL YOU A "KNOWLEDGE WORKER"?

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