Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 10th August 2003

Dilbert//5230, first published 23 years ago on Sunday 10th August 2003

Tags

charging hours to project one meeting one hour extensive preparation evaluated 57 hours sat quiet charging

Official transcript

"Wally, why have you been charging all of your hours to my project?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WALLY, WHY HAVE YOU BEEN CHARGING ALL OF YOUR HOURS TO MY PROJECT?

I INVITED YOU TO ONE MEETING. IT LASTED ONE HOUR.

DO YOU THINK I WOULD GO TO A MEETING WITHOUT EXTENSIVE PREPARATION?

THAT S ANOTHER HOUR.

HOW MANY MORE DO YOU NEED EXPLAINED?

FIFTY- EIGHT.

AFTER THE MEETING, I SAT QUIETLY AND EVALUATED WHAT EVERYONE SAID.

THAT TOOK FIFTY- SEVEN HOURS.

HAI YOU'RE STILL AN HOUR SHORT.

EXPLAIN THAT!

DO YOU MIND IF I SIT QUIETLY AND THINK ABOUT THAT QUESTION FOR A WHILE?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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