Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 19th July 2007

Dilbert//6669, first published nineteen years ago on Thursday 19th July 2007

Tags

employee orientation no time exercise long hours trans fat positive note payroll dedcution service save money dirt cubicle burial site health

Official transcript

Employee Orientation "This job will leave you with no time for exercise."

"You will work long hours and consume trans fats until you are shaped like this."

"On a positive note, our payroll deduction service allows you to save money for dirt to turn your cubicle into a burial site."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION THIS JOB WILL LEAVE YOU WITH NO TIME FOR EXERCISE.

YOU WILL WORK LONG HOURS AND CONSUME TRANS FATS UNTIL YOU ARE SHAPED LIKE THIS ON A POSITIVE NOTE, OUR PAYROLL DEDUCTION SERVICE ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE MONEY FOR DIRT TO TURN YOUR CUBICLE INTO A BURIAL SITE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Employee Orientation"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a humorous scene during an employee orientation, where a new employee is informed that their job will require them to work long hours and consume trans fats until they are shaped like a cube. The employee is shown standing on a stool, with a red creature resembling a devil or demon sitting on a nearby stool, observing the scene.

The punchline of the comic strip is that the company's payroll deduction service allows employees to save money for dirt to turn their cubicle into a burial site. This absurd and darkly comedic twist adds to the humor of the strip. Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the monotony and absurdity of office life, highlighting the ways in which employees are often treated like objects rather than human beings.

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