Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 9th March 2008

Dilbert//6903, first published eighteen years ago on Sunday 9th March 2008

Tags

online budget approval process making changes classes approval process budget varience broken system charges cubicle billable project exaggerating accomplishments

Official transcript

"Out online budget approval system isn't working."

"There's a process for making changes to the system, but I don't know it."

"I could take a class to learn the process, but there's also a process for approving classes."

"I could learn the process for approving classes, but I'd still need approval for a budget variance to take the class."

"And I can't get that because the online budget approval system is broken."

"I can't even have this conversation because it will make me charge too much of my engineering time to administrative overhead."

"So I'll go sit in my cubicle and pretend to be thinking about a billable project."

"It looks like I'll be exaggerating my accomplishments again this year."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR ONLINE BUDGET APPROVAL SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING.

THERE'S A PROCESS FOR MAKING CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IT.

I COULD TAKE A CLASS TO LEARN THE PROCESS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PROCESS FOR APPROVING CLASSES.

I COULD LEARN THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING CLASSES, BUT ID STILL NEED APPROVAL FOR A BUDGET VARIANCE TO TAKE THE CLASS.

AND I CAN'T GET THAT BECAUSE THE ONLINE BUDGET APPROVAL SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

I CAN'T EVEN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE ME CHARGE TOO MUCH OF MY ENGINEERING TIME TO ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.

SO I'LL GO SIT IN MY CUBICLE AND PRETEND TO BE THINKING ABOUT A BILLABLE PROJECT.

IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL BE EXAGGERATING MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AGAIN THIS YEAR.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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