Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 21st May 2002

Dilbert//4784, first published 24 years ago on Tuesday 21st May 2002

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demoting to engineer job to crony real work pretend working one wally

Official transcript

The new Senior Vice President says to The Boss, "I'm demoting you to engineer so I can give your current job to one of my cronies."

The Boss exclaims, "I won't survive. I don't know how to do real work!"

The Boss says to Wally, "Wally, can you teach me how to pretend to be working?"

Wally replies, "Whoa! There can only be one Wally."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M DEMOTING YOU TO ENGINEER SO I CAN GIVE YOUR CURRENT JOB TO ONE OF MY CRONIES.

I WON'T SURVIVE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO REAL WORK!

WALLY, CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO PRETEND WORKING?

WHOA! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WALLY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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