Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 8th February 2009

Dilbert//7239, first published seventeen years ago on Sunday 8th February 2009

Tags

job orders leadership idiocy guessing confusion business

Official transcript

The boss says, "Dilbert, I need you to take over Carl's function."

The boss says, "He's already gone, but Ted can train you."

The boss says, "Ted was sometimes in the general vicinity when Carl did the function."

a cloud says, "Doom"

Ted says, "Try clicking the red...no, blue...no, red button."

Beep ted says, "Ooh, okay. I didn't expect that."

ted says, "Now you either have to erase all of the servers or activate the fire suppression system in the clean room."

Dilbert says, "What if I click 'Cancel'?"

Ted says, "That's what killed Carl."

Ted says, "Anyway, that's all I know. The rest is just common sense."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

, I NEED YOU TO TAKE OVER CARL'S FUNCTION.

HE'S ALREADY GONE, BUT TED CAN TRAIN YOU.

TED WAS SOMETIMES IN THE GENERAL VICINITY WHEN CARL DID THE FUNCTION.

TRY CLICKING ON THE RED... NO, BLUE ... NO, RED BUTTON.

OOH. OKAY. I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

BEEP NOW YOU EITHER HAVE TO ERASE ALL OF THE SERVERS OR ACTIVATE THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN THE CLEAN ROOM.

WHAT IF I CLICK "CANCEL"?

DOOM THAT'S WHAT KILLED CARL.

INNOW! THE RESTIS JUST COMMON SENSE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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