Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 30th May 2004

Dilbert//5524, first published 22 years ago on Sunday 30th May 2004

Tags

tight budget colorful paper clips incoming email paid per hour watch meeting berate employee business

Official transcript

"Yesterday, someone in this room gave me a document with a yellow paper clip."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YESTERDAY, SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM GAVE ME A DOCUMENT WITH A YELLOW PAPER CLIP.

I KNOW THAT MULTICOLORED PAPER CLIPS LOOK "PRETTY." BUT I REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE ON A TIGHT BUDGET!

WE CAN'T BE THROWING AWAY ALL OUR MONEY ON COLORFUL PAPER CLIPS.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!!

I SALVAGED THAT PAPER CLIP FROM INCOMING MAIL.

NOW EXCUSE ME WHILE I STARE AT MY WATCH AND WONDER HOW MUCH YOU'RE PAID PER HOUR.

I'M SURE YOU'VE DONE INEFFICIENT THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

TWO MINUTES IS... $5.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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