Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 7th November 2015

Dilbert//9702, first published 11 years ago on Saturday 7th November 2015

Death By Emoji

Tags

emoji, communication, miscommunication, murder, crime, deception, engineers, work ethic

Official transcript

Boss: I tried to use emoji characters and accidentally ordered two of my engineers to kill Ted. They say they did it. CEO: Did the engineers complain about being too busy to do it? Boss: No. Oh, I see it now. CEO: Total hoax.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I TRIED TO USE EMOJI CHARACTERS AND ACCIDENTALLY ORDERED TWO OF MY ENGINEERS TO KILL TED.

THEY SAY THEY DID IT.

DID THE ENGINEERS COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING TOO BUSY TO DO IT?

NO.

OH, I SEE IT NOW.

TOTAL HOAX.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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