Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 13th October 2001

Dilbert//4564, first published 25 years ago on Saturday 13th October 2001

Tags

network outages network room unplugging server noisy server is waitress lan

Official transcript

Asok points to a diagram of a LAN configuration and says, "I have discovered the cause of our network outages."

Asok continues, "Some idiot is using our network room for meetings and unplugging the server because it's too noisy."

The Boss turns to Wally and Dilbert and says, "A server is like a waitress, right?"

Wally replies, "Yeah, a noisy one."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I HAVE DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF OUR NETWORK OUTAGES.

LAN 5600 SOME IDIOT IS USING OUR NETWORK ROOM FOR MEETINGS AND UNPLUGGING THE SERVER BECAUSE IT'S TOO NOISY.

A SERVER IS LIKE A WAITRESS, RIGHT?

YEAH, A NOISY ONE.

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