Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 19th February 2017

Dilbert//10172, first published nine years ago on Sunday 19th February 2017

Tags

space, cubicle, conference room, office, sharing, obstinacy

Official transcript

Dilbert: I have this conference room booked for a meeting. Alice: This is my private office now. I took it over. Dilbert: You can't just take over a conference room. Alice: I already did. It was easy. Now all I need to do is act as if it would be totally unreasonable to ask me to leave. Dilbert: You need to leave. I have this room reserved. Alice: That's totally unreasonable! I'm all settled in and I'm working on a company-critical deadline! Dilbert: I guess I could cancel my meeting. Alice: Perfect. Now get out of my office.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I HAVE THIS CONFERENCE ROOM BOOKED FOR A MEETING.

THIS IS MY PRIVATE OFFICE NOW. I TOOK IT OVER.

YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE OVER A CONFERENCE ROOM.

I ALREADY DID IT WAS EASY.

NOW ALL I NEED TO DO IS ACT AS IF IT WOULD BE TOTALLY UNREASONABLE TO ASK ME TO LEAVE.

YOU NEED TO LEAVE. I HAVE THIS ROOM RESERVED.

THAT'S TOTALLY UNREASONABLE! I'M ALL SETTLED IN AND I'M WORKING ON A COMPANY-CRITICAL DEADLINE!

I GUESS I COULD CANCEL MY MEETING.

PERFECT.

NOW GET OUT OF MY OFFICE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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