Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 10th December 2018

Dilbert//10831, first published eight years ago on Monday 10th December 2018

Carol Raises Money For School

Tags

family & parenting, guilt, office, office workers, sales, sarcasm, school

Official transcript

Carol: I'm selling chocolate bars to raise funds for my kid's school.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M SELLING CHOCOLATE BARS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MY KID'S SCHOOL.

I'M CHILDLESS, SO I ALREADY SUBSIDIZE YOUR KID'S EDUCATION.

I WAS HOPING IT WOULD FEEL TOO AWKWARD FOR YOU TO SAY NO.

BY MY CALCULATIONS, YOU OWE ME MONEY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Subsidizing Education"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a conversation between a parent and a teacher. The parent, who is selling chocolate bars to raise funds for the school, approaches the teacher with a proposal:

• The parent offers to subsidize the teacher's child's education in exchange for the teacher's agreement to say no to their request to sell chocolate bars.
• The teacher is hesitant at first but eventually agrees to the proposal.

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of the situation, where the parent is trying to manipulate the teacher into saying no to their request in order to receive a subsidy for their child's education. The strip pokes fun at the idea that parents will go to great lengths to get what they want, even if it means being dishonest or manipulative.

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