Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 16th March 2001

Dilbert//4353, first published 25 years ago on Friday 16th March 2001

Tags

dot com ceo no profit laid off laid off means compliment baby bottle youngsters meeting firing people business

Official transcript

DILBERT: DOT-COM CEO: Dilbert sits at the head of a table and children sit in seats around the table. One of the children has a baby bottle at his place. Dilbert says, "We have no profit now and we never will. You're all laid off."

The child with the baby bottle asks, "Does anyone know what laid off means?"

A young man says, "It must be a compliment."

The young man says to Dilbert, "You're pretty laid off yourself, dude."

The child offers his baby bottle to Dilbert and says, "Want a hit of this?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

: DOT-COM CEO WE HAVE NO PROFIT NOW AND WE NEVER WILL. YOU'RE ALL LAID OFF.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT LAID OFF MEANS?

IT MUST BE A COMPLIMENT.

YOU'RE PRETTY LAID OFF YOURSELF, DUDE.

WANT A HIT OF THIS?

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