Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 22nd November 2009

Dilbert//7526, first published seventeen years ago on Sunday 22nd November 2009

Tags

rude explaining annoyed dancing angry uncaring

Official transcript

Dilbert says, "My insolence safety zone has expanded."

The boss says, "Your what?"

Dilbert says, "It's a measure of how rude I can be without fear of consequences."

Dilbert says, "You have no budget to give me a raise, so I have no potential gain from acting professionally."

Dilbert says, "And it would be inconvinient for you to fire a highly experienced engineer and try to bring a new one up to speed."

Dilbert says, "So from now on, when you ask me to do something stupid, which is most of the time..."

Dilbert says, "I'll roll my eyes, make a dismissive grunt and do this dance."

Phhhht! Dilbert says, "Hey walla-walla walla! Boopita boopita boopita!"

Dilbert says, "You finally raised my morale. Good work on that."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MY INSOLENCE SAFETY ZONE HAS EXPANDED.

YOUR IT'S A MEASURE OF HOW RUDE I CAN BE WITHOUT FEAR OF CONSEQUENCES.

YOU HAVE NO BUDGET TO GIVE ME A RAISE, SO I HAVE NO POTENTIAL GAIN FROM ACTING PROFESSIONALLY.

AND IT WOULD BE INCONVENIENT FOR YOU TO FIRE A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED ENGINEER AND TRY TO BRING A WMA SO FROM NOW ON, WHEN YOU ASK ME TO DO SOMETHING STUPID, WHICH IS MOST OF THE TIME...

I'LL ROLL MY EYES, MAKE A DISMISSIVE GRUNT AND DO THIS DANCE.

PHHHT!

HEY WALLA-WALLA WALLA! BOOPITA BOOPITA BOOPITA!

YOU FINALLY RAISED MY MORALE.

GOOD WORK ON THAT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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