Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 26th November 2008

Dilbert//7165, first published eighteen years ago on Wednesday 26th November 2008

Tags

coworkers beat up deal with difficult coworkers evil driector human resources business

Official transcript

Catbert: Evil director of human resources

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CATBERT: EVIL DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES ALICE BEAT ME UP.

YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

HERE'S A BOOK ON HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT COWORKERS.

THIS ISN'T QUITE WHAT...

TRY HOLDING IT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Catbert: Evil Director of Human Resources"

Summary:

• The comic strip depicts a conversation between Catbert and Alice, who has been beaten up by her coworkers.
• Catbert offers Alice a book on how to deal with difficult coworkers, but instead of providing a solution, he suggests holding the book in front of her face.
• The punchline is that Catbert's advice is not helpful and may even be counterproductive, implying that he is more interested in causing trouble than in helping Alice.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the common workplace scenario of dealing with difficult coworkers and the often ineffective or even harmful advice that may be offered in such situations.

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