Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 11th April 2004

Dilbert//5475, first published 22 years ago on Sunday 11th April 2004

Tags

pay calculated teal side conversations cilantro head will explode test theory better than hoped meeting table conference table business

Official transcript

"You pay will be calculated a new way."

"Then I said teal isn't a color."

"Shhh! no side conversations."

"Multiplied by the base salary."

"I think it's a spice."

"No side conversations."

"It's like cilantro."

"I can't help it. I'm the kind of guy who needs to talk or else it feels like my head will explode."

"Let's test that theory."

Mmmph! "Wow, that worked out better than I'd hoped."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOUR PAY WILL BE CALCULATED A NEW WAY.

THEN I SAID, "TEAL ISN'T A COLOR." SHHHI NO SIDE CONVERSATIONS.

MULTIPLIED BY THE BASE SALARY...

I THINK IT'S NO SIDE CONVERSATIONS!!

IT'S LIKE CILANTRO.

THE KIND OF GUY M WHO NEEDS TO TALK OR ELSE IT FEELS LIKE MY HEAD WILL EXPLODE.

LET'S TEST THAT THEORY.

MMPH!

A SPICE.

WOW! THAT WORKED OUT BETTER THAN I'D HOPED.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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