Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 18th May 2014

Dilbert//9164, first published twelve years ago on Sunday 18th May 2014

Tags

electronic mail, mobile (cell) phones, instant message, emailed, texted, personal phone, called, inperson, negate, ignore, push away, no answer, excuses

Official transcript

Dilbert: You never answered my IM. Alice: You should have emailed me. Dilbert: I did. You didn't answer my email. Alice: If it was so important, you should have texted me. Dilbert: You didn't answer my texts. Alice; You have to text my personal phone. Dilbert: You didn't answer those texts either. Alice: Had it been important, you would have called me. Dilbert: I did. You didn't answer your phone and you don't return calls. So here I am. Alice: It's premature to get your hopes up.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU NEVER ANSWERED MY IM YOU SHOULD HAVE EMAILED ME.

I DID. YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY EMAIL.

IF IT WAS SO IMPORTANT, YOU SHOULD HAVE TEXTED ME.

YOU DIDNT ANSWER MY TEXTS.

YOU HAVE TO TEXT MY PERSONAL PHONE.

YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THOSE TEXTS EITHER.

HAD IT BEEN IMPORTANT, YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED ME.

I DID. YOU DON'T ANSWER YOUR PHONE AND YOU DON'T RETURN CALLS.

HERE I AM.

IT'S PREMATURE TO GET YOUR HOPES UP.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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