Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 13th December 1998

Dilbert//3529, first published 28 years ago on Sunday 13th December 1998

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justin job interview medical research hydroelectric dam sound of idealism dying fabric covered boxes

Official transcript

An interviewee sits at the table across from Dilbert. Dilbert asks, "So...Justin, why do you want to work here?"

Justin replies, "I want to find a cure for asthma!"

Dilbert replies, "We don't do medical research here."

Justin says, "Oh."

Justin holds out his arms and says, "Then I want to build the biggest hydroelectric dam in the world!"

Dilbert says, "We don't do that either."

Justin asks, "What do you do?"

Dilbert replies, "We sit in fabric-covered boxes."

Justin sits there and a snapping noise sounds above his head. It goes, "Shrivel. Crinkle. Ack!"

Dilbert says, "That was the sound of your idealism dying."

Justin says, "Show me to my box."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

SO... JUSTIN, TELL ME WHY YOU WANT TO WORK HERE.

I WANT TO FIND A CURE FOR ASTHMA!

WE DON'T DO MEDICAL RESEARCH HERE.

THEN I WANT TO BUILD THE BIGGEST HYDROELECTRIC DAM IN THE WORLD!

WE DON'T DO THAT EITHER.

WHAT DO YOU DO ?

WE SIT IN FABRIC-COVERED BOXES.

SHRIVEL CRINKLE THAT WAS THE SOUND OF YOUR IDEALISM DYING.

SHOW ME TO MY BOX.

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