Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 4th February 2008

Dilbert//6869, first published eighteen years ago on Monday 4th February 2008

Tags

travel expenses meal costs liar or worse round numbers finance troll papers office computer desk technology

Official transcript

Your travel expenses are rejected because all of your meal costs are round numbers. "Either you are a liar or worse."

"I decide what to order based on what totals to a round number after a 15% tip."

"That's worse."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE REJECTED BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR MEAL COSTS ARE ROUND NUMBERS.

EITHER YOU ARE A LIAR, OR WORSE.

I DECIDE WHAT TO ORDER BASED ON WHAT TOTALS TO A ROUND NUMBER AFTER A 15% TIP.

THAT'S WORSE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Rounding Numbers"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a bald head, sitting at his desk, addressing a green creature with horns and a tail. The creature is holding a piece of paper.

• Dilbert explains that travel expenses are rejected due to meal costs being rounded numbers.
• The creature responds, "Either you are a liar, or worse."
• Dilbert decides to order based on what totals to a round number after a 15% tip.
• The creature retorts, "That's worse."

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of rounding numbers in business transactions, with Dilbert's creative solution leading to further confusion.

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