Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 13th May 2005

Dilbert//5872, first published 21 years ago on Friday 13th May 2005

Tags

new guy punch back stress hump karate chop

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - New guy with a stress hump

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE NEW GUY HEY, NEW GUY, THAT'S QUITE A STRESS HUMP YOU HAVE THERE.

MAYBE I CAN FIX IT.

YAAA!!

WOW!!

IT'S GONE!

DOES THAT ALWAYS WORK?

I DUNNO.

BE HONEST, I JUST WANTED TO PUNCH IT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The New Guy"

Summary:

• The comic strip features a new employee, a woman, who is overwhelmed by stress in her new job.
• She confides in a co-worker, who suggests that she might need to "punch" her stress away.
• The woman is hesitant at first but eventually decides to take the advice and punches her stress.
• To her surprise, it works, and she feels relieved.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of people feeling stressed and overwhelmed in their jobs, and the idea that sometimes, all it takes is a little bit of humor and creativity to find a solution.

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