Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 1st September 2012

Dilbert//8540, first published fourteen years ago on Saturday 1st September 2012

Tags

honesty managers & supervisors bad job new assignment poor job matching skills business

Official transcript

Boss: Can you explain why you're doing such a bad job on your new assignment? Dilbert: Yes I can: some idiot did a poor job matching my skills to my assignment. Boss: Let's try it again, but this time say something bad about yourself. Dilbert: I'm too honest?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE DOING SUCH A BAD JOB ON YOUR NEW ASSIGNMENT?

YES I CAN: SOME IDIOT DID A POOR JOB MATCHING MY SKILLS TO MY ASSIGNMENT.

LET'S TRY IT AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT YOURSELF.

IM TOO HONEST?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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