Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 7th February 1998

Dilbert//3220, first published 28 years ago on Saturday 7th February 1998

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email monitoring system personal message unpaid overtime cluelessness in vicinity manipulating emplyee

Official transcript

The Boss stands behind Alice at her desk. He reads from a sheet of paper and says, "Out new e-mail monitoring system shows that you sent a personal message last week."

Alice looks non-plussed. Alice sticks her thumbs in her ears and waves her hands. She says, "Coincidentally, the new Alice monitoring system detects twenty hours of unpaid overtime."

The Boss thinks, "According to the manual, productivity will soar now."

Alice says, "Beep.. beep.. boop.. now detecting cluelessness in the vicinity."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR NEW EMAIL MONITORING SYSTEM SHOWS THAT YOU SENT A PERSONAL MESSAGE LAST WEEK.

COINCIDENTALLY, THE NEW ALICE MONITORING SYSTEM DETECTS TWENTY HOURS OF UNPAID OVERTIME.

ACCORDING THE MANUAL, PRODUCTIVITY WILL SOAR NOW.

... BEEP...

BOOP.

... NOW DETECTING CLUELESSNESS IN THE VICINITY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The New Alice Monitoring System"

Summary:

• The comic strip features a new email monitoring system that detects twenty hours of unpaid overtime.
• The system is implemented by a man who is overseeing the introduction of the system.
• The woman, Alice, is shown to be overwhelmed by the system's detection of her overtime.
• The man is depicted as being pleased with the system's ability to detect overtime, but Alice is frustrated and annoyed by it.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of a system that can detect overtime and the potential consequences of such a system.

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