Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 3rd July 2011

Dilbert//8114, first published fifteen years ago on Sunday 3rd July 2011

Tags

questioning shopping hardware powerpoint deck boss ambiguity mumbling change subject badger for answer too many questions

Official transcript

Dilbert: Can you look at this bid and let me know if I can order the hardware? Boss: yes. Dilbert: Are you saying yes I can order the hardware, or yes you'll look at it? Boss: Mumble mumble. Dilbert: What? Boss: I need your input on my Powerpoint deck. Dilbert: So far, in response to my request, you've given me ambiguity, mumbling, and a change of subject. Would you prefer that I badger you for an answer until you get angry, or should I return to my cubicle and resume being ineffective? Boss: You ask too many questions.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CAN YOU LOOK AT THIS BID AND LET ME KNOW IF I CAN ORDER THE HARDWARE?

YES.

ARE YOU SAYING YES I CAN ORDER THE HARDWARE, OR YES YOULL LOOK AT IT?

MUMBLE, MUMBLE.

WHAT?

I NEED YOUR INPUT ON MY POWERPOINT DECK.

SO FAR, IN RESPONSE TO MY REQUEST. YOUVE GIVEN ME AMBIGUITY, MUMBLING, AND A CHANGE OF SUBJECT.

WOULD YOU PREFER THAT I BADGER YOU FOR AN ANSWER UNTIL YOU GET ANGRY, OR SHOULD I RETURN TO MY CUBICLE AND RESUME BEING INEFFECTIVE?

YOU ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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