Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 16th March 1997

Dilbert//2892, first published 29 years ago on Sunday 16th March 1997

Tags

assignment electrical engineer redesign brochures highly skilled engineer not graphic designer ugly brochure

Official transcript

The Boss says, "You'll love your new assignment, Alice."

Alice thinks, "Uh-oh."

The Boss says, "You're going to redesign all of our brochures!"

Alice replies, "I'm an electrical engineer, not a graphic artist."

The Boss says, "We can discuss your huge inadequacies during your annual review."

Alice replies, "I'm not inadequate. I'm a highly skilled engineer."

The Boss says, "And yet you can't make brochures."

Alice says, "Okay, let me try to explain this in the simplest possible way . . ."

Alice continues, "You . . . Are . . . An . . . Idiot."

Alice sits at her desk thinking, "The simplest possible explanation isn't always the best."

Wally stands behind her and says, "Hey, it looks like a brochure, only uglier!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU'LL LOVE YOUR NEW ASSIGNMENT, ALICE.

YOU'RE GOING TC REDESIGN ALL OF OUR BROCHURES!

I'M AN ELECTRICAL A GRET ARTIST.

WE CAN DISCUSS YOUR HUGE INADEQUACIES DURING YOUR ANNUAL REVIEW.

I'M NOT INADEQUATE I'M A HIGHLY AND YET SKILLED YOU CAN'T ENGINEER MAKE BROCHURES.

OKAY, LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS IN THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE WAY..

YOU... ARE...

AN... IDIOT.

THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE EXPLANATION ISN'T ALWAYS HEY, IT LOOKS THE BEST.

LIKE A BROCHURE, ONLY UGLIER!

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