Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 23rd November 2003

Dilbert//5335, first published 23 years ago on Sunday 23rd November 2003

Tags

job applaicants new batch 500 qualified people who wants job pummel each applicat very soft itmes harder materials sugar doughnut their attitudes upbeat

Official transcript

"The new batch of job applicants is more desperate than usual."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE NEW BATCH OF JOB APPLICANTS IS MORE DESPERATE THAN USUAL.

FIVE HUNDRED QUALIFIED PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION.

BUT WHO WANTS THIS JOB THE MOST?

I PLAN TO PUMMEL EACH APPLICANT WITH A VARIETY OF OBJECTS, BEGINNING WITH VERY SOFT EXCELLENT THEN I'LL GRADUALLY MOVE TOWARD HARDER MATERIALS UNTIL ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT.

I'LL BEGIN WITH THIS SOFT SUGAR DOUGHNUT.

ZING PIFF!

THANK YOU.

ITEMS.

HOW ARE THEIR ATTITUDES?

REFRESHINGLY UPBEAT!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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