Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 19th August 2012

Dilbert//8527, first published fourteen years ago on Sunday 19th August 2012

Tags

absent mindedness cruelty managers & supervisors entrpenuer bullying lying manipulation verbal abuse huge jerk biograophy business

Official transcript

Dogbert: You need to act more like an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs make decisions that will end in failure 90% of the time. They motivate people through bullying, lying, manipulation and verbal abuse. Entrepreneurs make their employees work so many hours that their personal lives and their bodies fall apart. Boss: I've been doing all that stuff for years. Dogbert: Has it worked? Boss: No. Dogbert: Well, in that case, you're not an entrepreneur. You're just a huge jerk. Boss: Is that why no one is writing my biography?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU NEED TO ACT MORE LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR.

ENTREPRENEURS MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL END IN FAILURE 90% OF THE TIME.

THEY MOTIVATE PEOPLE THROUGH BULLYING, LYING, MANIPULATION, AND VERBAL ABUSE.

ENTREPRENEURS MAKE THEIR EMPLOYEES WORK SO MANY HOURS THAT THEIR PERSONAL LIVES AND THEIR BODIES FALL APART.

IVE BEEN DOING ALL OF THAT STUFF FOR YEARS.

HAS IT WORKED?

WELL, IN THAT CASE, YOU'RE NOT AN ENTREPRENEUR.

YOU'RE JUST A HUGE JERK TS THAT WHY NO ONE IS WRITING MY BIOGRAPHY?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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