Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 10th July 1996

Dilbert//2643, first published thirty years ago on Wednesday 10th July 1996

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engineer up management support meeting boss ego master at work promised customer full management support sales meeting business

Official transcript

Dilbert says to the Boss, "I need your full management support in this meeting with sales."

The Boss replies, "Just watch the master at work."

A man says to the Boss, "I promised a customer a product that we don't make. You need to engineer-up a thousand units by early next week."

The Boss asks, "Is Thursday okay?"

As they walk away, the Boss says to Dilbert, "Wait until he finds out that Thursday isn't 'early next week.' Hee hee!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'LL NEED YOUR FULL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IN THIS MEETING WITH SALES.

JUST WATCH THE MASTER AT WORK.

I PROMISED A CUSTOMER A PRODUCT THAT WE DON'T MAKE. YOU NEEDTO ENGINEER-UP A THOUSAND UNITS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IS THURSDAY OKAY?

WAIT UNTIL HE FINDS OUT THAT THURSDAY ISN'T "EARLY NEXT WEEK." !

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Early Next Week"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, engaged in a conversation with his boss. The conversation revolves around the boss's request for a product to be engineered up by "early next week." However, Dilbert expresses skepticism about the feasibility of this timeline, given the complexity of the project.

Key Points:

• The boss requests that the product be engineered up by "early next week."
• Dilbert expresses concern about the short timeline, citing the complexity of the project.
• The boss remains optimistic, despite Dilbert's reservations.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of managers setting unrealistic deadlines for their team members.

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