Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 9th March 2016

Dilbert//9825, first published ten years ago on Wednesday 9th March 2016

Fifty Slide Presentation

Tags

managers, tasks, presentation, expectation, unrealistic, obliviousness

Official transcript

Boss: Our CEO wants me to make a fifty-slide presentation for him that will motivate employees. Dilbert: Ha ha! Now you know how we feel when you ask us to do ridiculous things. Boss: Anyway, I don't have time, so I need you to do it for me.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR CEO WANTS ME TO MAKE A FIFTY SLIDE PRESENTATION FOR HIM THAT WILL MOTIVATE THE EMPLOYEES.

HA HA! NOW YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL WHEN YOU ASK US TO DO RIDICULOUS THINGS.

ANYWAY, I DON'T HAVE TIME, SO I NEED YOU TO DO IT FOR ME.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Motivational Presentation"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with black hair in a bun, sitting at his desk. His boss, a balding man with a receding hairline, approaches him and asks him to create a fifty-slide presentation to motivate employees.

Dilbert is unimpressed, responding with sarcasm: "Ha ha, now you know how we feel when you ask us to do ridiculous things." The boss, however, remains oblivious to Dilbert's sarcasm and insists that Dilbert needs to do it for him.

The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of bosses asking employees to do tasks that seem pointless or unreasonable, often without considering the employee's feelings or workload. It highlights the absurdity of the situation and the frustration that can arise when employees are asked to do things that don't make sense.

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