Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 30th July 2002

Dilbert//4854, first published 24 years ago on Tuesday 30th July 2002

Tags

expansive projects failed drink coffee economic basis watch and learn

Official transcript

Wally says to The Boss, "Over the past year, most of my coworkers have managed expensive projects that failed."

Wally continues, "I've done nothing but drink coffee. So on an economic basis, that makes me your top performer."

Wally takes a sip of coffee and says, "Watch and learn."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OVER THE PAST YEAR, MOST OF MY CO-WORK- ERS HAVE MANAGED EXPENSIVE PROJECTS THAT FAILED.

I'VE DONE NOTHING BUT DRINK COFFEE.

SO ON AN ECONOMIC BASIS, THAT MAKES ME YOUR TOP PERFORMER.

WATCH AND LEARN.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Top Performer"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between two coworkers, where one boasts about his lack of productivity and instead focuses on drinking coffee. The other coworker is puzzled by this claim, as the first coworker has failed to manage numerous projects over the past year. The punchline is that the first coworker believes his coffee consumption makes him a top performer, despite his lack of actual accomplishments. The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of prioritizing coffee over actual work performance.

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