Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 24th August 2009

Dilbert//7436, first published seventeen years ago on Monday 24th August 2009

Tags

sitting meeting explaining project annoyed angry lazy wasting time business

Official transcript

Wally says, "I spent the first part of the week installing our new productivity software."

Wally says, "Then I used the rest of the week trying to make it interface with our time reporting system."

Wally says, "So far all it can do is tell me how much time I'm wasting in this meeting."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I SPENT THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK INSTALLING OUR NEW PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE.

THEN I USED THE REST OF THE WEEK TRYING TO MAKE IT INTERFACE WITH OUR TIME REPORTING SYSTEM.

SO FAR ALL IT CAN DO IS TELL ME HOW MUCH TIME IM WASTING IN THIS MEETING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Wasting Time"

Summary:

This 'Dilbert' comic strip humorously highlights the irony of using a time reporting system to track time spent on tasks, only to find that the system itself is a significant time-waster.

Panel 1:

• The first panel shows Dilbert, a bespectacled character, sitting at a table with his boss and a coworker.
• Dilbert's boss instructs him to install new productivity software, which Dilbert has spent the first part of the week doing.
• The coworker looks on, seemingly unimpressed.

Panel 2:

• In the second panel, Dilbert is shown using the time reporting system, which he claims will make it easier to interface with the new software.
• However, he admits that he has already wasted a significant amount of time in the meeting discussing the system.

Panel 3:

• The final panel shows Dilbert's boss asking him how much time he has wasted in the meeting.
• Dilbert sheepishly replies that it is too much to count, implying that the time reporting system has been a major distraction.

Overall:

The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of spending more time on administrative tasks than on actual work, highlighting the absurdity of using a time reporting system to track time spent on tasks that are themselves time-consuming.

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