Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 25th September 2005

Dilbert//6007, first published 21 years ago on Sunday 25th September 2005

Official transcript

Hello! Hello! "Let me see that. I'm an engineer."

"Hmm...It might be a bad signal or maybe a bad phone. There's only one way to isolate the problem."

"Go up on the roof and see if you have reception there."

"Dang. Nothing."

"Uh-oh. The door is locked. No other way to get down...No one can hear me yell and my phone doesn't work."

"My only hope is to jump into that open garbage bin in the alley."

"That'll teach him to keep his battery charged."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HELLO!

HELLO!

LET ME SEE THAT. I'M AN ENGINEER.

HMM.

IT MIGHT BE A BAD SIGNAL OR MAYBE A BAD PHONE.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ISOLATE GO UP ON THE ROOF AND SEE IF YOU HAVE RECEPTION THERF DANG.

NOTHING.

UH-OH. THE DOOR IS LOCKED. NO OTHER WAY TO GET DOWN...

NO ONE CAN HEAR ME YELL AND MY PHONE DOESN'T WORK.

THE PROBLEM.

MY ONLY HOPE IS TO JUMP INTO THAT OPEN GARBAGE BIN IN THE ALLEY.

THATLL TEACH HIM TO KEEP HIS BATTERY CHARGED.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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