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Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 6th September 2015

Dilbert//9640, first published 11 years ago on Sunday 6th September 2015


Tags

quality, work ethic, shortcut, laziness, defective, awards, engineer, engineering


Official transcript

CEO: Congratulations to everyone who worked on our new laptop design. As I call your name, come up and get your certificate of accomplishment. Alice was in charge of the hardware and won several design awards. Dilbert was in charge of the award-winning software. And... Wally designed the power brick that weighs more than the laptop...and comes apart for no apparent reason. We probably won't show this in our ads. Wally: Hey, I worked on that for almost an hour!

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON OUR NEW LAPTOP DESIGN.

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP AS I CALL YOUR NAME, COME UP AND GET YOUR CERTIFICATE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.

ALICE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE HARDWARE AND WON SEVERAL DESIGN AWARDS.

DILBERT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE AWARD-WINNING SOFTWARE.

AND... WALLY DESIGNED THE POWER BRICK.

THAT WEIGHS MORE THAN THE LAPTOP...

AND COMES APART FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

PLINK WE PROBABLY WON'T SHOW THIS IN OUR ADS.

HEY, I WORKED ON THAT FOR ALMOST AN HOUR!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


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