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Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 15th September 2006

Dilbert//6362, first published twenty years ago on Friday 15th September 2006


Official transcript

"I want employees who are passionate!"

"GIVE ME THIS JOB OR SO HELP ME GOD, I WILL CUT OFF MY EAR!"

"And I'm a people person."

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

I WANT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PASSIONATE!

GIVE ME THIS JOB OR SO HELP ME GOD, I WILL CUT OFF MY EAR!

AND IM A PEOPLE PERSON.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "The Passionate Employee"

Summary:

This comic strip, originally published in Dilbert, humorously depicts a job interview where the interviewer asks for employees who are passionate about their work. The applicant, however, takes the request to an extreme, stating that they want to cut off their ear as a sign of devotion. The interviewer is taken aback by this response, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

Key Elements:

  • A job interview setting
  • An interviewer seeking passionate employees
  • An applicant taking the request too literally
  • A humorous and unexpected twist on the typical job interview scenario

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