Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 22nd October 2017

Dilbert//10417, first published nine years ago on Sunday 22nd October 2017

Tags

morals, blame

Official transcript

Dilbert: Don't finish the software patch. We're replacing the entire system. Man: Why didn't you tell me sooner? Dilbert: I just found out. Man: While you were standing here. Dilbert: Um, no, I was standing somewhere else. Man: When? Dilbert: Twenty minutes ago. Man: Aha!!! You wasted twenty minutes of my time because you're a terrible person! Dilbert; I'm sorry. Now I feel awful. Man: You're just lucky I forgot to work on that patch.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DON'T FINISH THE SOFTWARE PATCH.

WE'RE REPLACING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER?

I JUST FOUND OUT.

WHILE YOU WERE STANDING HERE?

UM, NO.

I WAS STANDING SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WHEN?

TWENTY MINUTES AGO!

AHA!!!

YOU ASTED TWENTY MINUTES OF MY TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE A TERRIBLE PERSON!

IM SORRY.

NOW I FEEL AWFUL.

YOU'RE JUST LUCKY I FORGOT TO WORK ON THAT PATCH.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Patch"

Summary:

• A man, Dilbert, is working on a computer when his boss, Scott Adams, interrupts him.
• Scott asks why Dilbert didn't tell him sooner that he was replacing the entire system.
• Dilbert explains that he was standing somewhere else when the twenty minutes passed.
• Scott is unimpressed and tells Dilbert to waste twenty more minutes of his time because he's a terrible person.
• Dilbert feels lucky to be working on the patch and apologizes to Scott.
• The comic strip humorously portrays the frustration and absurdity of office politics and bureaucracy.

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