Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 30th September 2018

Dilbert//10760, first published eight years ago on Sunday 30th September 2018

Tags

the boss, dilbert, co-workers, phone calls, cubicle, breaks, flow, food, smells, break, room, pretending, thermostat

Official transcript

Dilbert: My co-workers make it impossible to work. I hear every one of their phone calls. It's maddening. When they walk past my cubicle it breaks my flow. And don't get me started about the food smells coming from the break room. They ask me one dumb question after another. I don't know who keeps turning up the thermostat. But it's too hot to think.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MY COWORKERS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK.

I HEAR EVERY ONE OF THEIR PHONE CALLS.

IT'S MADDENING.

WHEN THEY WALK PAST MY CUBICLE, IT BREAKS MY FLOW AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ABOUT THE FOOD SMELLS COMING FROM THE BREAK ROOM.

THEY ASK ME ONE DUMB QUESTION AFTER ANOTHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHO KEEPS TURNING UP THE THERMOSTAT, BUT IT'S TOO HOT TO THINK.

WOULD IT HELP IF I THREATEN TO FIRE YOU?

IT'S WORTH A TRY. I'LL BE IN MY CUBICLE PRETENDING TO WORK.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The Break Room Breakdown"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with dark hair, in a series of panels.
• In the first panel, Dilbert complains to his coworker that their coworkers make it impossible to work.
• The coworker responds by asking a series of absurd questions, including whether they walk past his cubicle, if it breaks his flow, and if it's worth a try to be in his cubicle pretending to work.
• Dilbert becomes increasingly frustrated, eventually asking if it would help if he threatened to fire his coworker.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the challenges of working in a shared office space and the absurdity of some coworkers' behavior.

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