Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 13th March 2016

Dilbert//9829, first published ten years ago on Sunday 13th March 2016

Tags

managing, work ethic, laziness, deception, trick

Official transcript

Boss: IS the software done yet? Wally: That depends. Do you have any new feature requests? Boss: Only three. Wally: Then it's not done, is it? Boss: Well, no, I guess not. So... when will it be done? Wally: It will be done one week after you give me your last changes. But I believe you taught us that change is good. So either you can be a stagnant bureaucrat or a dynamic leader with lots of changes. It's a question of free will, really. Boss: I have to be somewhere else.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

IS THE SOFTWARE DONE YET?

THAT DEPENDS DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW FEATURE REQUESTS?

ONLY THREE.

THEN IT'S NOT DONE, IS IT?

WELL, NO, I GUESS NOT.

SO.

WHEN WILL IT BE DONE?

IT WILL BE DONE ONE WEEK AFTER YOU GIVE ME YOUR LAST CHANGES BUT I BELIEVE YOU TAUGHT US THAT CHANGE IS GOOD.

SO EITHER YOU CAN BE A STAGNANT BUREAUCRAT OR A DYNAMIC LEADER WITH LOTS OF CHANGES.

IT'S A QUESTION OF FREE WILL, REALLY.

I HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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