Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 7th October 1998

Dilbert//3462, first published 28 years ago on Wednesday 7th October 1998

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time to work two assignments essential business boss solution impossible doesn't understand

Official transcript

Dilbert stands in The Boss's doorway. Dilbert holds two pieces of paper. Dilbert says, "I have time to do ONE of these two assignments."

Dilbert says, "One is essential to the business the other is not. Which ONE do you want me to do?"

The Boss says, "Both!"

Dilbert says, "I know you WANT both. But if you can only GET one..."

The Boss says, "Combine them and just do one."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I HAVE TIME TO DO ONE OF THESE TWO ASSIGNMENTS.

ONE IS ESSENTIAL TO THE BUSINESS.

THE OTHER IS NOT.

WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

!

I KNOW YOU WANT BOTH. BUT IF YOU CAN ONLY GET ONE..

COMBINE THEM AND JUST DO THE ONE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The Essential Assignment"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, standing in front of a large piece of paper with a speech bubble saying, "I have time to do one of these two assignments." He is holding two papers in his hands.

In the next panel, a man sitting at a desk asks, "One is essential to the business. The other is not. Which one do you want me to do?" Dilbert responds, "Both!"

The man at the desk then says, "I know you want both. But if you can only get one... combine them and just do the one."

The final panel shows Dilbert standing in front of the same large piece of paper, now holding only one paper, with a speech bubble saying, "I have time to do one of these two assignments."

Key Points:

• Dilbert is faced with two assignments and wants to complete both.
• The man at the desk suggests combining the assignments into one.
• Dilbert ultimately decides to do just one assignment, despite having time to do both.

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