Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 29th July 2018

Dilbert//10697, first published eight years ago on Sunday 29th July 2018

Tags

conversation, assumption, arguing, logic, argument

Official transcript

Man: You said the software would be finished by today. Dilbert: I said it might be finished by today. Man: Why did you say it might be finished if you knew it wouldn't? Dilbert: I didn't know it wouldn't be finished. Man: Now you're flip-flopping all over the place. Dilbert: You're conflating your own false memories with my actions. Man: That's exactly what liars say. Dogbert: How was work? Dilbert: Totally normal. Unfortunately.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU SAID THE SOFTWARE WOULD BE FINISHED BY TODAY.

I SAID IT MIGHT BE FINISHED BY TODAY.

WHY DID YOU SAY IT MIGHT BE FINISHED IF YOU KNEW IT WOULDN'T?

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULDN'T BE FINISHED.

NOW YOU'RE FLIP-FLOPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YOU'RE CONFLATING YOUR OWN FALSE MEMORIES WITH MY ACTIONS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT LIARS SAY.

HOW WAS WORK?

TOTALLY NORMAL, UNFORTUNATELY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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