Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 21st August 2011

Dilbert//8163, first published fifteen years ago on Sunday 21st August 2011

Tags

anxiety mobile (cell) phones telephones rings after 4pm caller id blocked ignore call email horrible issue hate life torture coworker

Official transcript

Noise: Ring. Dilbert: Uh-oh. It's never good when my phone rings after 4 pm. Caller ID is blocked. Someone must know that I would ignore the call if I knew who it was. If it weren't urgent, it would be email. This must be some sort of horrible issue that will cause me to work all night. It stopped. There's still a chance that I'll be okay unless my cell phone... Noise: Bzzzz. Dilbert: GAAAA!! I hate my life! Alice: You're right. That was funny. Wally: Now I'll text him.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

UH-.

RING IT'S NEVER GOOD WHEN MY PHONE RINGS AFTER 4 PM.

RING CALLER ID IS BLOCKED.

SOMEONE MUST KNOW THAT I WOULD IGNORE THE CALL IF I KNEW WHO IT WAS.

IF IT WEREN'T URGENT, IT WOULD BE EMAIL THIS MUST BE SOME SORT OF HORRIBLE ISSUE THAT WILL CAUSE ME TO WORK ALL NIGHT.

IT STOPPED. THERE'S STILL A CHANCE THAT I'LL BE OKAY UNLESS MY CELL PHONE...

BZZZ GAAA!!! I HATE MY LIFE!

YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT WAS FUNNY.

NOW I'LL TEXT HIM.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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