Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 28th November 2004

Dilbert//5706, first published 22 years ago on Sunday 28th November 2004

Tags

pointy haired boss problem project upgrade denied stupid resolution extra disc space conscioussness

Official transcript

"When our pointy-haired boss asks you about your project, what should you say?"

"I would inform him about any problems."

"Big mistake. If he hears that you have a problem, he might try to help."

"How can help be bad?"

"Asok, how's your project?"

"Good, but I need to upgrade my disk drive to store all of the image data."

"Forget that. Just e-mail peices of the database to employees who have extra disc space."

"Please pull on this until I lose consciousness."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHEN OUR POINTY- HAIRED BOSS ASKS ABOUT YOUR PROJECT, WHAT SHOULD YOU SAY?

I WOULD INFORM HIM ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS.

BIG MISTAKE. IF HE HEARS THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, HE MIGHT TRY TO HELP.

HOW CAN HELP BE BAD?

ASOK, HOW'S YOUR PROJECT?

GOOD, BUT I NEED TO UPGRADE MY DISK DRIVE TO STORE ALL OF THE IMAGE DATA.

FORGET THAT. JUST EMAIL PIECES OF THE DATABASE TO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE EXTRA DISK SPACE.

PLEASE PULL ON THIS UNTIL I LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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