Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 7th March 1998

Dilbert//3248, first published 28 years ago on Saturday 7th March 1998

Tags

excellent job projects assigned fifty hours a day adequate complete fiduciary misconduct

Official transcript

Alice says to The Boss, "I estimated the hours it would take to do an excellent job on all the projects you've assigned."

Alice says, "That would be a fifty hours a day. So I recalculated for 'adequate' results. That would be forty hours per day."

Alice says, "Well, to make a long story short, let's skip down to 'complete fiduciary misconduct.'"

The Boss holds his hands over his ears and says, "Blah, blah, blah, blah."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I ESTIMATED THE HOURS IT WOULD TAKE TO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB ON ALL THE PROJECTS YOU'VE ASSIGNED.

THAT WOULD BE FIFTY HOURS A DAY. SO I RECALCULATED FOR "ADEQUATE" RESULTS.

THAT WOULO BE FORTY HOURS PER DAY.

WELL, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, LET'S SKIP DOWN TO "COMPLETE FIDUCIARY MISCONDUCT." BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Fiduciary Misconduct"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a conversation between a boss and an employee. The boss asks the employee to estimate the time required to complete a project, to which the employee responds with a specific time frame.

Key Points:

• The boss recalculates the estimate, resulting in a longer time frame.
• The employee is frustrated with the boss's approach and questions the reasoning behind the recalculation.
• The boss responds with a cryptic message, "complete fiduciary misconduct," which is met with confusion by the employee.

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