Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 20th January 2013

Dilbert//8681, first published thirteen years ago on Sunday 20th January 2013

Tags

frustration internet & world wide web video echo background noise thick accent hard to hear bad audio computer skype waving goodbye success technology

Official transcript

Dilbert: I can't hear you. There's too much background noise and echo in your end. Computer: Gerple Murmp. Dilbert: I see a smudgy thing that might be your head, but I don't know what you're saying. Your accent is too thick. I can't... Computer: Muwa flamel guapen. Dilbert: I didn't understand what you said, and I can't tell which one of you is talking. Why don't... Computer: Urgam... Dilbert: Okay, you go. Computer: Ekplum. Dilbert: What? Computer: Mungow. Dilbert: Did you say... Computer: Plurb. Dilbert: You're acting as if I agreed to something, but I don't even know what the topic is. I see you waving goodbye, so you must think we're done. Boss: Was your call a success? Dilbert: Better than anything I've done all week.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

THERE'S TOO MUCH BACKGROUND NOISE AND ECHO ON YOUR END.

GERPLE MURMP I SEE A SMUDGY THING THAT MIGHT BE YOUR HEAD, BUT T DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOUR ACCENT IS TOO THICK.

I CAN'T...

MUWA FLAMEL GUAPEN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID, AND I CAN'T TELL WHICH ONE OF YOU IS TALKING.

WHY DON'T.

OKAY, YOU GO.

WHAT?

DID YOU SAY..

URGAM.

EKPLUM MUNGOW PLURB YOU'RE ACTING AS IF I AGREED TO SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE TOPIC IS.

I SEE YOU WAVING GOODBYE, SO YOU MUST THINK WE'RE DONE.

WAS YOUR CALL A SUCCESS?

BETTER THAN ANYTHING IVE DONE ALL WEEK.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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