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Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 15th October 2019

Dilbert//11140, first published seven years ago on Tuesday 15th October 2019

Practice Makes Perfect


Tags

managers & supervisors, practice, estimate, errors, business, incorrect


Official transcript

boss: how can i trust your estimate when you have been wrong every other time?

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

HOW CAN I TRUST YOUR ESTIMATE WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN WRONG EVERY OTHER TIME?

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

UM I JUST REALIZED I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYTHING WORKS

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Estimate Reality"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a green shirt and black pants, engaged in a conversation with his boss. The boss inquires about the accuracy of an estimate, to which Dilbert responds that he trusts it due to its repeated incorrectness. The boss expresses surprise at this claim, prompting Dilbert to clarify that he doesn't know how anything works. The comic strip humorously highlights the challenges of estimating and the unpredictability of reality.

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