Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 25th May 2003

Dilbert//5153, first published 23 years ago on Sunday 25th May 2003

Tags

fifty candiadtes good news low level lackeys once in a lifetime paperwork from promotion

Official transcript

The Boss stops an employee in the hallway and says, "I have some good news for you!"

The Boss puts his arm around the employee and says, "The paperwork for your promotion just came through."

The Boss says, "There were fifty good candidates for this job."

The Boss hands the paperwork to the employee and says, "It's a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity."

The Boss continues, "Most people in your specialty are destined to be low-level lackeys forever. But not you!"

The employee reads the paperwork and says, "Umm.. my name is Tim. This promotion is for Tom."

The Boss replies, "Oh..."

He pauses and then continues, "Well.. being a low- level lackey forever is good, too."

Tim walks out crying. The Boss calls after him, "Could you tell Tom I have some good news?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU!

THE PAPERWORK FOR YOUR PROMOTION JUST CAME THROUGH.

THERE WERE FIFTY GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THIS JOB.

IT'S A ONCE-IN-A- LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

MOST PEOPLE IN YOUR SPECIALTY ARE DESTINED TO BE LOW- LEVEL LACKEYS FOREVER. BUT NOT YOU!

UMM... MY NAME IS TIM. THIS PROMOTION IS FOR TOM.

..

WELL... BEING A LOW- LEVEL LACKEY FOREVER IS GOOD, TOO.

COULD YOU TELL TOM I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.