Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 6th January 2000

Dilbert//3918, first published 26 years ago on Thursday 6th January 2000

Tags

data miner eureka! correclation vacation telecommute expense vouchers vouchers out sick

Official transcript

The data miner: The boss is sitting down and Dogbert is on top of the table wearing a hard hat with the light on and hitting a laptop with a stonecutter's hammer. Dogbert says: "Eureka! I found a correlation."

Dogbert says to the boss: "When you're on vacation, all your employees telecommute."

The boss says: "They do?"

Dogbert says to the boss: "And 100% of all expense vouchers are signed when you're sick."

The boss answers: "We have vouchers?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE DATA MINER EUREKA! I FOUND A CORRELATION WHEN YOU'RE ON VACATION, ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES TELECOMMUTE.

THEY DO?

AND 100% OF ALL EXPENSE VOUCHERS ARE SIGNED WHEN YOU'RE OUT SICK.

WE HAVE VOUCHERS?

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