Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 4th September 2011

Dilbert//8177, first published fifteen years ago on Sunday 4th September 2011

Tags

administrative agencies control data delay frustration manipulate meetings time two weeks

Official transcript

Woman: Wally, I need your data for my meeting in three days. Wally: Okay. It shouldn't take more than three or four days to pull it together. Woman: Not three or four days. I need it in three days. Wally: Okay. Three days. Not counting the weekend and the day I give it to you. Woman: That would be six days! Wally: Six or seven days. Tops. Woman: I need it in three days, not a week. Wally: That's no problem. A week or two at the most. Woman: Okay! You win! I'll reschedule my meeting for two weeks out! And you'll have the data in two weeks? Wally: Yes. Two weeks or so.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WALLY, I NEED YOUR DATA FOR MY MEETING IN THREE DAYS.

OKAY. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO PULL IT TOGETHER.

NOT THREE OR FOUR DAYS. I NEED IT IN THREE DAYS.

OKAY, THREE DAYS, NOT COUNTING THE WEEKEND AND THE DAY I GIVE IT TO YOU.

THAT WOULD BE SIX DAYS!

SIX OR SEVEN DAYS, TOPS I NEED IT IN THREE DAYS, NOT A WEEK.

THAT'S NO PROBLEM.

A WEEK OR TWO AT THE MOST.

OKAY! YOU WIN!

I'LL RESCHEDULE MY MEETING FOR TWO WEEKS OUT!

AND YOULL HAVE THE DATA IN TWO WEEKS?

YES TWO WEEKS OR SO.

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