Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 15th December 2011

Dilbert//8279, first published fifteen years ago on Thursday 15th December 2011

Tags

industry & manufacturing manufacturing more green ac units elastic bands hats covered eyes don't shoot messenger elbonian engineering

Official transcript

Boss: We told our Elbonian factory to be more green, so they turned off their AC units. The heat caused the elastic bands in their hats to stretch until their eyes were covered. And that's why we'll miss our ship date. CEO: They say you shouldn't shoot the messenger, but no one warns you how much you'll want to.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE TOLD OUR ELBONIAN FACTORY TO BE MORE GREEN, SO THEY TURNED OFF THEIR AC UNITS.

THE HEAT CAUSED THE ELASTIC BANDS IN THEIR HATS TO STRETCH UNTIL THEIR EYES WERE COVERED.

AND THAT'S WHY WELL MISS OUR SHIP DATE.

THEY SAY YOU SHOULDN'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER, BUT NO ONE WARNS YOU HOW MUCH YOULL WANT TO.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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