Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 9th August 2013

Dilbert//8882, first published thirteen years ago on Friday 9th August 2013

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boredom cruelty managers & supervisors expensive japanese management technique banishment room tolerance for boredom business

Official transcript

Boss: Ted, I don't want to fire you because that would be expensive. So I'm borrowing a Japanese management technique and transferring you to a banishment room until you get so bored you quit. Ted: Looks like someone underestimated my tolerance for boredom.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

TED, I DON'T WANT TO FIRE YOU BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE.

SO I'M BORROWING A JAPANESE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE AND TRANSFERRING YOU TO A BANISHMENT ROOM UNTIL YOU GET SO BORED YOU QUIT.

LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE UNDERESTIMATED MY TOLERANCE FOR BOREDOM

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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