Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 28th November 2009

Dilbert//7532, first published seventeen years ago on Saturday 28th November 2009

Tags

punishment beard mislead book worker background check innocent screaming

Official transcript

The Boss says, "Ted, I just got the results of your security clearance background check."

The Boss says, "Homeland security ordered me to beat you to death with our emergency preparedness binder."

Ted says, "But?.I haven't done anything wrong!"

The Boss says, "I might have said some things about your new beard."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

TED, I JUST GOT THE RESULTS OF YOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE BACKGROUND CHECK.

HOMELAND SECURITY ORDERED ME TO BEAT YOU TO DEATH WITH OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BINDER BUT... I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG!

I MIGHT HAVE SAID SOME THINGS ABOUT YOUR NEW BEARD.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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