Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 25th October 2009

Dilbert//7498, first published seventeen years ago on Sunday 25th October 2009

Tags

assignment delegating logic crumpling unnatural useless

Official transcript

the Boss says, "Dilbert, I need you to take care of?um?"

The Boss says, "?.Whatever is on the top of my pile."

Dilbert says, "This is a job for marketing. Not engineering."

The Boss says, "Give it to the director of marketing and ask him to assign it to someone."

Dilbert says, "So...you're delegating to me to pass this off to someone else, who will delegate it to someone else."

Dilbert says, "With each handoff, the sense of urgency will diminish until the likelihood of completion approaches zero."

Dilbert says, "You could save the company money by crumpling up this document and throwing it away right now."

The boss says, "This feels wrong."

Dilbert says, "Try using more wrist."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

, I NEED YOU TO TAKE CARE OF... UM...

.. WHATEVER IS ON THE TOP OF MY PILE.

THIS IS A JOB FOR MARKETING, NOT ENGINEERING.

GIVE IT TO THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND ASK HIM TO ASSIGN IT TO SOMEONE.

SO... YOU'RE DELEGATING TO ME TO PASS THIS OFF TO SOMEONE ELSE, WHO WILL DELEGATE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

WITH EACH HANDOFF, THE SENSE OF URGENCY WILL DIMINISH UNTIL THE LIKELIHOOD OF COMPLETION APPROACHES ZERO.

YOU COULD SAVE THE COMPANY MONEY BY CRUMPLING UP THIS DOCUMENT AND THROWING IT AWAY RIGHT NOW.

THIS FEELS WRONG.

TRY USING MORE WRIST.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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