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

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Texting in the Workplace"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a conversation between Dilbert and his coworker, Alice. The conversation starts with Dilbert holding up his phone and saying, "Hold on, I have a text message that is probably more important than you." Alice responds by saying, "I will demonstrate my power over you by handling a text message while you sit there, waiting for a pellet of my attention."

The conversation takes a turn when Dilbert says, "Stop texting me!" and Alice replies with "MMM... PELLET." The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of people being distracted by their phones in the workplace, and the absurdity of prioritizing a text message over a conversation with a colleague.

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