Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 20th April 2014

Dilbert//9136, first published twelve years ago on Sunday 20th April 2014

Tags

cleaning, engineers, coal break room, highest priority, mold grow, mutating bacteria, rapidly eveolved, sentient being, fueled by lunch, learned languages, job in hr, plans on firing, inappropriate websites

Official transcript

Tina: You need to clean the break room refrigerator more often. Wally: We're engineers. We only do the highest priority tasks. Tina: Mold started to grow in there. Wally: That's no big deal. Tina: Bacteria caused the mold to mutate. Wally: So what? Tina: It rapidly evolved into a sentient being fueled by forgotten lunches. Then it learned language skills and got a job in Human Resources. It plans to frame you for viewing inappropriate websites at work and then fire you. Wally: This sort of thing usually works itself out.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU NEED TO CLEAN THE BREAK ROOM REFRIGERATOR MORE OFTEN.

WE'RE ENGINEERS.

WE ONLY DO THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TASKS MOLD STARTED TO GROW IN THERE.

THAT'S NO BIG DEAL.

BACTERIA CAUSED THE MOLD TO MUTATE.

50 WHAT?

IT RAPIDLY EVOLVED INTO A SENTIENT BEING FUELED BY FORGOTTEN LUNCHES.

THEN IT LEARNED LANGUAGE SKILLS AND GOT A JOB IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

IT PLANS TO FRAME YOU FOR VIEWING IRATES AF LADEN AND - SITES AT WORK AND THEN FIRE YOU.

THIS SORT OF THING USUALLY WORKS ITSELF OUT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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