Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 1st October 2009

Dilbert//7474, first published seventeen years ago on Thursday 1st October 2009

Tags

sitting reading judging reviewing skills lying panic diverting attention

Official transcript

Catbert: Evil director of human resources Catbert says, "According to your skills inventory, the only thing you are good at is?"

Catbert says, "?diverting attention from your own lack of value."

Wally says, "Is it just me, or is there a deadly gas leak in the building?"

Catbert says, "Erk!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CATBERT: EVIL DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES ACCORDING TO YOUR SKILLS INVENTORY, THE ONLY THING YOU ARE GOOD AT 15. ..

... DIVERTING ATTENTION FROM YOUR OWN LACK OF VALUE.

IS IT JUST ME, OR IS THERE A DEADLY GAS LEAK IN THE BUILDING?

ERK!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Catbert: Evil Director of Human Resources"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Catbert, the evil director of human resources, addressing a red creature at a desk.
• Catbert criticizes the creature's skills inventory, stating that the only thing it is good at is diverting attention from its own lack of value.
• The creature responds by asking if there is a deadly gas leak in the building, to which Catbert replies, "Erk!"
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of a bureaucratic system where employees are evaluated based on their skills and performance, but are ultimately judged by their ability to distract from their own inadequacies.

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