Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 16th September 2012

Dilbert//8555, first published fourteen years ago on Sunday 16th September 2012

Tags

emergency lostphone company id keys critical folder self generated crisi dead battery small brown purse

Official transcript

Coworker: Emergency! I can't find my phone and I"m late for a customer meeting. Dilbert: Maybe it's with your company I.D. badge that you had to drive all the way home for this morning. Alice: It might be with your keys that you lost after lunch. Dilbert: Maybe it's under that critical folder that you couldn't find before your last meeting. Alice: Maybe it's wherever you created your last self-generated crisis. Coworker: I just remembered I put my phone in my purse because the battery is dead. Has anyone seen a small, brown purse?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

EMERGENCY! I CAN'T FIND MY PHONE AND I'M LATE FOR A CUSTOMER MEETING.

MAYBE IT'S WITH YOUR COMPANY I.D.

BADGE THAT YOU HAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY HOME FOR THIS MORNING.

IT MIGHT BE WITH YOUR KEYS THAT YOU LOST AFTER LUNCH.

MAYBE IT'S UNDER THE CRITICAL FOLDER THAT YOU COULDN'T FIND BEFORE YOUR LAST MEETING.

MAYBE IT'S WHEREVER YOU CREATED YOUR LAST SELF- GENERATED CRISIS.

I JUST REMEMBERED I PUT MY PHONE IN MY PURSE BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS DEAD.

HAS ANYONE SEEN A SMALL, BROWN PURSE?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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