Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 21st November 2018

Dilbert//10812, first published eight years ago on Wednesday 21st November 2018

Bitter Losers

Tags

boss, idea, lying, managers & supervisors, office workers, promotion

Official transcript

Boss: I'm promoting Ted for coming up with a genius idea to reduce our software expenses.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M PROMOTING TED FOR COMING UP WITH A GENIUS IDEA TO REDUCE OUR SOFTWARE EXPENSES.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY IDEA. ALL TED DID WAS TELL YOU IT WAS HIS IDEA.

HOW DO YOU PUT UP WITH THESE BITTER LOSERS?

THE PROMOTION HELPS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Bitter Losers"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a meeting where employees are discussing the promotion of Ted, who has come up with a genius idea to reduce software expenses. The employees are skeptical and bitter about the promotion, feeling that it was undeserved. One employee asks how Ted put up with these "bitter losers" during his time as their boss. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea that promoting someone based on a single idea can lead to resentment among colleagues.

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