Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 29th February 2000

Dilbert//3972, first published 26 years ago on Tuesday 29th February 2000

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action items filberts mother gnp not giving back tuition money costs for strategy

Official transcript

Dilbert is with his Mom. She is drinking tea. She asks Dilbert: "Did you do any action items this week?"

Dilbert answers: "I gathered costs for a strategy we had already decided not to use."

Dilbert's Mom says: "That helps the Ol' GNP."

Dilbert tells her: "I'm not giving back your tuition money."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DID YOU DO ANY ACTION ITEMS THIS WEEK?

I GATHERED COSTS FOR A STRATEGY WE HAD ALREADY DECIDED NOT TO USE THAT HELPS THE OL' GNP .

I'M NOT GIVING BACK YOUR TUITION MONEY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Cost of Action Items"

Summary:

• A conversation between an older man and his wife, where he asks if she did any action items that week.
• She responds that she gathered costs for a strategy they had already decided not to use.
• He explains that it helps the old GNP (Gross National Product) and that he's not giving back tuition money.
• The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of using outdated or irrelevant information to justify actions, and the tendency to cling to past investments or decisions.

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