Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 8th August 2007

Dilbert//6689, first published nineteen years ago on Wednesday 8th August 2007

Tags

spreadsheet terrible job boos meeting office poorly conceived complexity of real world wrong cells numbers don't lie business

Official transcript

"Asok, according to my spreadsheet, you have been doing a terrible job."

"Perhaps your spreadsheet is poorly conceived and does not capture the complexity of the real world."

"And let's not forget the near certainty that your formulae are pointing to the wrong cells."

"Numbers don't lie."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ASOK, ACCORDING TO MY SPREADSHEET, YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A TERRIBLE JOB.

PERHAPS YOUR SPREADSHEET IS POORLY CONCEIVED AND DOES NOT CAPTURE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE REAL WORLD.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE NEAR CERTAINTY THAT YOUR FORMULAE ARE POINTING TO THE WRONG CELLS.

NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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