Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 30th October 2013
Dilbert//8964, first published thirteen years ago on Wednesday 30th October 2013
Tags
eating & drinking engineers etiquette & ethics crone etiquette class fork teach things
Official transcript
Boss: I hired a desiccated crone to teach an etiquette class to you engineering heathens. She'll help you stop eating your business lunches like kidnap victims. Crone: When do you use this fork? Alice: When I'm too lazy to make a shiv?
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
I HIRED A DESICCATED CRONE TO TEACH AN ETIQUETTE CLASS TO YOU ENGINEERING HEATHENS.
SHELL HELP YOU STOP EATING YOUR BUSINESS LUNCHES LIKE KIDNAP VICTIMS.
WHEN DO YOU USE THIS FORK?
WHEN IM TOO LAZY TO MAKE A SHIV?
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
The comic strip is titled "Engineering Heathens" and features a scene where a group of engineers are being lectured on etiquette by a woman who has hired a desiccated crone to teach them. The woman explains that the crone will help them stop eating their business lunches like "kidnap victims," implying that they are too focused on their work and neglect their personal well-being.
The crone then asks the engineers when they use the fork, and one of them responds that he uses it when he's too lazy to make a shiv. This exchange highlights the contrast between the formal, polite language used by the woman and the more informal, sarcastic tone of the engineers.
Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the idea of trying to teach engineers good manners, as they are often stereotyped as being more interested in technology than in social niceties. The use of the desiccated crone as a teacher adds to the humor, implying that even someone who is dead can be more polite than the engineers.
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