Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 21st September 1997

Dilbert//3081, first published 29 years ago on Sunday 21st September 1997

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bad clothes casula clothes catbert evil hr director explain logic hawaiian shirt impact on earnings one casual day

Official transcript

Catbert sits at his computer, prring as he types. He thinks, "Another evil policy. I'm a happy cat."

The Boss reads from a memo and says, "Casual clothes will not be allowed this Friday..."

The Boss continues, "...Because we had Hawaiian shirt day on Wednesday."

Everyone has question marks floating above their heads. Alice says, "Um... can you explain the logic here?"

The Boss says, "We're only allowed one casual day per week."

Wally says, "Why?"

The Boss says, "If we had TWO casual days, obviously it would have an impact on earnings."

Wally says, "Does stupidity have an impact on our earnings, too, or just bad clothes?"

The Boss says, "We're only sure about bad clothes."

Dilbert says, "Alice, you're killing us with that outfit."

Alice glares.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CATBERT: EVIL H.R. DIRECTOR ANOTHER EVIL POLICY. I'M A HAPPY CAT PURR PURR "CASUAL CLOTHES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED THIS FRIDAY BECAUSE WE HAD HAWAIIAN SHIRT DAY ON WEDNESDAY." UM... CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LOGIC HERE?

WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED ONE CASUAL DAY PER WEEK.

WHY?

IF WE HAD TWO CASUAL DAYS, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON EARNINGS.

DOES STUPIDITY HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR EARNINGS, TOO, OR IS IT JUST BAD CLOTHES?

WE'RE ONLY SURE ABOUT BAD CLOTHES.

ALICE, YOU'RE KILLING US WITH THAT OUTFIT.

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AI Analysis

Title: "Casual Clothes Day"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Catbert, the evil HR director, announcing that casual clothes will not be allowed on Fridays.
• The employees are upset and argue that they should be allowed to wear casual clothes on Wednesdays, as they had Hawaiian shirt day on that day.
• Catbert is uninterested in their reasoning and insists that the rule will not be changed.
• The employees are frustrated and one of them asks if stupidity has an impact on their earnings, too, or is it just bad clothes.
• Another employee suggests that they are only sure about bad clothes, and Catbert responds by saying that they are killing them with that outfit.

Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of corporate policies and the frustrations that can arise when employees try to challenge them.

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