Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 31st July 2009

Dilbert//7412, first published seventeen years ago on Friday 31st July 2009

Tags

firing launching spring ridiculous surprised worried scared evil cruel

Official transcript

Catbert: Evil director of human resources Catbert says, "My old policy was to have security immediately escort out anyone I fired."

Sproing! Catbert says, "But that left too much time for weeping."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CATBERT: EVIL DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES MY OLD POLICY WAS TO HAVE SECURITY IMMEDIATELY ESCORT OUT ANYONE I FIRED.

SPROING!

BUT THAT LEFT TOO MUCH TIME FOR WEEPING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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