Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 12th November 2012

Dilbert//8612, first published fourteen years ago on Monday 12th November 2012

Tags

employees improvement plan 90 day individual honor valuable service polite thanks business

Official transcript

Ted: Guess who made it onto the generic ninety-day improvement plan. I don't think of it as an individual honor. I think of it as doing a valuable service for the team. Dilbert: Should we thank him? Wally: Are we polite now?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

GUESS WHO MADE IT ONTO THE NINETY-DAY PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

I DON'T THINK OF IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL HONOR. I THINK OF IT AS DOING A VALUABLE SERVICE FOR THE TEAM.

SHOULD WE THANK HIM?

ARE WE POLITE NOW?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Valuable Service"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between a group of men in the workplace. One man, seemingly the supervisor, expresses his gratitude to another employee, who has been with the company for 90 days. The supervisor asks if the employee is being polite or genuinely sincere in his response.

Key Points:

• The employee has been with the company for 90 days.
• The supervisor asks if the employee is being polite or genuinely sincere in his response.
• The employee's response suggests that he is being sincere, but the supervisor is skeptical.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of corporate politics and the importance of politeness in the workplace.

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