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Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 15th November 2018

Dilbert//10806, first published eight years ago on Thursday 15th November 2018

Complaining Versus Hiding


Tags

boss, complaining, employees, employment, jobs, managers & supervisors


Official transcript

Asok: I'm doing the job of three people and it isn't fair.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

IM DOING THE JOB OF THREE PEOPLE AND IT ISN'T FAIR.

GOOD POINT. ALICE 15 DOING THE JOB OF SEVEN PEOPLE. I'LL GIVE YOU TWO OF HER JOBS TO BALANCE IT OUT.

SO.

IS COMPLAINING BETTER THAN HIDING?

NO. .

YOU WERE RIGHT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Complaining Better Than Hiding"

Summary:

The comic strip features a man, Dilbert, in a meeting with his boss, Alice, and two other colleagues. The conversation begins with Dilbert expressing his dissatisfaction with the job of three people being unfair and not fair. Alice responds by offering him two of her jobs to balance it out, but Dilbert declines, stating that he is complaining better than hiding. The punchline of the comic strip is that Dilbert is actually hiding in the meeting, as evidenced by his presence at the table despite claiming to be doing the job of three people. The humor lies in the absurdity of the situation and the clever wordplay used by Dilbert to justify his actions.

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