Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 24th May 2016

Dilbert//9901, first published ten years ago on Tuesday 24th May 2016

Boss Can't Be Your Friend

Tags

boss, double standard, employee, hierarchy, lunch, rank, guest artist, jake tapper

Official transcript

Man: Do you want to go to lunch? Boss: I can't be your friend because I'm your boss. Someday I might need to fire you, and it would be awkward if we were friends. Alice: Want to go to lunch? Boss: Sure.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DO YOU WANT TO GO TO LUNCH?

I CAN'T BE YOUR FRIEND BECAUSE IM YOUR BOSS.

SOMEDAY I MIGHT NEED TO FIRE VO, AND IT WOULD BE AWKWARD IF WE WERE FRIENDS.

WANT TO GO TO LUNCH?

SURE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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