Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 29th May 2012

Dilbert//8445, first published fourteen years ago on Tuesday 29th May 2012

Tags

goals nailing them unspoken objectives goals never mentioned

Official transcript

Boss: How are you doing in your unspoken objectives? Dilbert: My what? Boss: I'm referring to the goals I have in my mind that I've never mentioned. How are those going? Dilbert: I'm totally nailing them.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HOW ARE YOU DOING ON YOUR UNSPOKEN OBJECTIVES?

MY WHAT?

I'M REFERRING TO THE GOALS I HAVE IN MY MIND THAT I'VE NEVER MENTIONED.

HOW ARE THOSE GOING?

IM TOTALLY NAILING THEM.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Nailing Unspoken Objectives"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between two men in an office setting. The first man asks the second how he is doing on his unspoken objectives, to which the second man responds, "My what?" The first man then clarifies, "I'm referring to the goals I have in my mind that I've never mentioned." The second man replies, "How are those going?" and the first man responds, "I'm totally nailing them."

The humor in the comic strip lies in the fact that the second man is completely unaware of the first man's unspoken objectives, despite the first man's confident claim of "nailing them." The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of having unspoken objectives and the tendency to overestimate one's progress towards them.

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