Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 5th February 2007

Dilbert//6505, first published nineteen years ago on Monday 5th February 2007

Tags

apply for opening manager bonding compete for same job

Official transcript

"Do you mind if I apply for the opening in R&D?"

"Hey, I just applied for the manager job there?"

"Um...maybe I'll wait."

"To make sure I'll be your boss?"

"Ooo-kay..."

"This must be what bonding feels like."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DO YOU MIND IF I APPLY FOR THE OPENING IN R&D?

HEY, I JUST APPLIED FOR THE MANAGER JOB THERE.

UM...

MAYBE I'LL WAIT.

TO MAKE SURE I'LL BE YOUR BOSS?

000- KAY...

THIS MUST BE WHAT BONDING FEELS LIKE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Bonding"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled office worker, applying for an R&D job at a company. He is interviewed by a manager, who asks him to wait in the lobby while he checks his schedule. Dilbert becomes impatient and starts to bond with the receptionist, who is also waiting in the lobby. The manager returns and finds them bonding, and the receptionist suggests that Dilbert's "bonding" skills are a plus for the job. The manager agrees, and Dilbert is hired. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea that "bonding" is a desirable skill in the workplace, and that it can be used as a way to get ahead in one's career.

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