Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 9th January 2016

Dilbert//9765, first published ten years ago on Saturday 9th January 2016

Engineer Touches Spreadsheet

Tags

numbers, budget, obliviousness, approval, disease, contagious, managers, executives, accuracy, fantasy

Official transcript

CEO: I approve this project based on your boss' spreadsheet calculations. His calculations must be accurate because an engineer handed them to me. Is that all you need? Dilbert: I need a hug, but I don't want to catch whatever caused all of this.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I APPROVE THIS PROJECT BASED ON YOUR BOSS' SPREADSHEET CALCULATIONS.

HIS CALCULATIONS MUST BE ACCURATE BECAUSE AN ENGINEER HANDED THEM TO ME.

IS THAT ALL YOU NEED?

I NEED A HUG, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CATCH WHATEVER CAUSED ALL OF THIS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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