Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 1st July 1998

Dilbert//3364, first published 28 years ago on Wednesday 1st July 1998

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dogberts tech support software cat scan machine break room insert head trickster dogbert prnak cowoorker labor market engineering

Official transcript

Caption: Dogbert's Tech Support Dogbert on phone with Tech Support guy. Dogbert sitting at computer terminal with hand on mouse. Dogbert says, "Our software is perfect. The problem must be with you."

Tech Support guy on phone with Dogbert. Dogbert continues, "Go to the cat scan machine in the break room and insert your head. I'll monitor you from here."

Wally watches as Tech Support guy inserts his head into microwave. Tech Support guy says, "Do you see the problem?"

Wally says, "I blame the tight labor market."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DOGBERT'S TECH SUPPORT OUR SOFTWARE IS PERFECT. THE PROBLEM MUST BE WITH YOU.

GO TO THE CAT SCAN MACHINE IN THE BREAK ROOM AND INSERT YOUR HEAD.

I'LL MONITOR YOU FROM HERE.

DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM?

I BLAME THE TIGHT LABOR MARKET.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Tight Labor Market"

Summary:

• The comic strip revolves around Dogbert, a cat who works as an IT support technician.
• A worker approaches Dogbert with a problem, but Dogbert is uninterested and suggests using a cat scan machine to monitor the worker from a distance.
• The worker is skeptical and asks if Dogbert has seen the problem, to which Dogbert replies that he blames the tight labor market.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the challenges of finding qualified employees and the sometimes unhelpful nature of IT support technicians.

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