Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 19th October 1998

Dilbert//3474, first published 28 years ago on Monday 19th October 1998

Tags

catbert hr director not allowed eat desk semi plausible reason hate

Official transcript

Caption: Catbert: H.R. Director. Catbert sits at his computer. Catbert types, "New policy: Employees are not allowed to eat at their desks."

Catbert thinks, "Because why? I need a semi-plausible reason."

Catbert writes, "Because I hate you."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CATBERT: H.R. DIRECTOR NEW POLICY: EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EAT AT THEIR DESKS.

BECAUSE WHY?

I NEED A SEMI- PLAUSIBLE REASON BECAUSE I HATE YOU.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "New Policy: Employees Are Not Allowed to Eat at Their Desks"

Summary:

The comic strip features Catbert, the H.R. Director, introducing a new policy that prohibits employees from eating at their desks. The reasoning behind this policy is that employees need a "semi-plausible" reason for not eating at their desks. The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of corporate policies and the lengths to which companies will go to justify their decisions.

generated by llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.