Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 13th December 2014

Dilbert//9373, first published twelve years ago on Saturday 13th December 2014

Text Is More Important Than Dilbert

Tags

cell phones, distraction, power, subversion, text, text message, attention, pellet of attention, ignore, superior, demonstrate

Official transcript

Boss: Hold on, I have a text message that is probably more important than you. I will demonstrate my power over you by handling a text message while you sit there, waiting for a pellet of my attention. Stop texting me! Dilbert: Mmm... pellet.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HOLD ON, I HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE THAT IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU.

I WILL DEMONSTRATE MY POWER OVER YOU BY HANDLING A TEXT MESSAGE WHILE YOU SIT THERE, WAITING FOR A PELLET OF MY ATTENTION STOP TEXTING !

. ..

PELLET.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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