Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 6th July 2002

Dilbert//4830, first published 24 years ago on Saturday 6th July 2002

Tags

budget spend it can't tell budget whats company strategy

Official transcript

A senior manager says to The Boss, "I can't tell you how much your budget is, because if I did, you'd try to spend all of it."

The Boss asks, "Can you tell me when I'm over budget?"

The senior manager replies, "No, because then you'd know what the budget is."

The Boss asks, "Can you tell me what our company strategy is?"

The senior manger replies, "Sure. It's... Ha ha ha! Just kidding."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOUR BUDGET IS, BECAUSE IF I DID, YOU'D TRY TO SPEND ALL OF IT.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN I'M OVER BUDGET?

NO, BECAUSE THEN YOU'D KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OUR COMPANY STRATEGY IS?

SURE. IT'S...

HA !

JUST KIDDING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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