Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 1st April 2007
Dilbert//6560, first published nineteen years ago on Sunday 1st April 2007
Tags
busy make appointment always busy in between no time make no time unpredictable secretary shouts
Official transcript
"Do you have a minute?"
"No, I'm busy."
"When would be a good time for me to come back?"
"Come back when I'm not busy."
"Aren't you always busy?"
"Heck, no."
"Sometimes I'm in between doing one thing and doing another thing."
"When will that happen?"
"It's unpredictable."
"Ask Carol to call you when I'm not busy."
"Carol, would you..."
"I'M BUSY!"
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE?
NO. IM BUSY.
WHEN WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO COME BACK?
COME BACK WHEN I'M NOT BUSY.
ARENT YOU ALWAYS BUSY?
HECK, SOMETIMES I'M IN BETWEEN DOING ONE THING AND DOING ANOTHER THING.
WHEN WILL THAT HAPPEN?
IT'S UNPREDICTABLE.
ASK CAROL TO CALL YOU WHEN IM NOT BUSY.
CAROL, WOULD YOU...
I'M BUSY!
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
The comic strip is titled "I'm Busy" and features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a receding hairline, sitting at his desk. His boss, a woman with long blue hair, is on the phone and asks if he has a minute. Dilbert responds, "No, I'm busy," to which the boss replies, "When would be a good time for me to come back?" Dilbert thinks for a moment before responding, "Come back when I'm not busy." The boss then asks if he's always busy, and Dilbert replies, "Heck, no." The boss says she'll call him back when he's not busy, and Dilbert agrees. However, when Carol, the boss's assistant, calls Dilbert to ask when he's not busy, he responds, "Ask Carol to call you when I'm not busy." This exchange continues until the boss finally gets through to Dilbert, who is still busy. The comic strip pokes fun at the common workplace scenario where employees are often too busy to attend to their tasks or respond to requests in a timely manner.
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