Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 19th January 2003

Dilbert//5027, first published 23 years ago on Sunday 19th January 2003

Tags

despartment normal scope over loaded flexible client driven outside of scope avoid projects cheerfully accept assignments

Official transcript

A business associate asks The Boss, "Can your department do this for us?"

The Boss responds, "No problem."

The business associate says, "Really? It's outside of your normal scope of work and I know you're over-loaded."

The Boss exclaims, "We're a flexible, client-driven organization!"

Asok asks Wally, "Wally, how can I avoid projects that are outside of my scope of responsibility?"

Wally responds, "Cheerfully accept the assignments and then never work on them."

Wally continues, "It bolsters your claims of being overloaded while leaving you free for work that matters."

Asok asks, "Work matters?"

Wally replies, "Well, not to us."

The Boss hands Asok an assignment and says, "I'm not even sure what they want."

Asok responds, "I'll start ignoring it immediately."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CAN YOUR DEPARTMENT DO THIS FOR US?

NO PROBLEM REALLY? IT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR NORMAL SCOPE OF WORK AND I KNOW YOU'RE OVERLOADED.

WE'RE A FLEXIBLE, CLIENT - DRIVEN ORGANIZATION!

WALLY, HOW CAN I AVOID PROJECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF MY SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY?

CHEERFULLY ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN NEVER WORK ON THEM.

IT BOLSTERS YOUR CLAIMS OF BEING OVERLOADED WHILE LEAVING YOU FREE FOR WORK THAT MATTERS.

WORK MATTERS?

WELL, NOT TO US.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THEY WANT.

I'LL START IGNORING IT IMMEDIATELY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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