Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 27th May 2002

Dilbert//4790, first published 24 years ago on Monday 27th May 2002

Tags

bandwidth budget double click engineer for week interface ping director scope batch mode

Official transcript

The Boss says to Alice and Dilbert, "Let's ping the director of marketing and double-click on the budget."

The Boss continues, "Then we can interface in batch mode and put a scope on his bandwidth."

Alice cringes and exclaims, "Please stop doing that!"

The Boss adds, "Have I mentioned that I was an engineer for a week?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

LET'S PING THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND DOUBLE- CLICK ON THE BUDGET.

THEN WE CAN INTERFACE IN BATCH MODE AND PUT A SCOPE ON HIS BANDWIDTH.

PLEASE STOP DOING THAT!

HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I WAS AN ENGINEER FOR A WEEK?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Engineering for a Week"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a meeting where the Director of Marketing asks the team to "ping" the Director of Marketing and double-click on the budget. The team is confused by this request, as it doesn't make sense in the context of their work. One team member asks if they can interface in batch mode and put a scope on his bandwidth, but the Director of Marketing simply responds that he was an engineer for a week and doesn't understand what they're talking about.

The humor in the comic strip comes from the absurdity of the Director of Marketing's request and the team's confusion and frustration in trying to understand what he means. The punchline about the Director of Marketing being an engineer for a week adds to the comedic effect, implying that he has no idea what he's doing and is just making things up as he goes along. Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the idea of corporate jargon and the confusion that can arise when people use technical terms without understanding their meaning.

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