Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 7th March 1997

Dilbert//2883, first published 29 years ago on Friday 7th March 1997

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boss coincidence fallen under spell morons must pay inexperienced strangers

Official transcript

Wally tells Dilbert, "Our boss has fallen under the spell of a consultant."

The Boss walks by with his arms outstretched and a zombie-like look on his face. He says, "Must . . . Make assumptions."

The Boss continues, "Must . . . write . . large checks to consultant . . . because . . . employees . . . are . . . morons."

Wally says, "Just because we pay inexperienced strangers to tell us how to do our jobs, that doesn't mean we're morons!"

Dilbert says, "Yeah! It's a coincidence."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR BOSS HAS FALLEN UNDER THE SPELL OF A CONSULTANT.

MUST... MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.

MUST... WRITE... LARGE CHECKS TO CONSULTANT...

BECAUSE... EMPLOYEES...

ARE ... MORONS.

JUST BECAUSE WE PAY INEXPERIENCED STRANGERS TO TELL US HOW TO DO OUR JOBS, THAT YEAH!

DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE MORONS!

IT'S A COINCIDENCE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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