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Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 6th January 2020

Dilbert//11223, first published six years ago on Monday 6th January 2020

Common Sense


Tags

business, managers & supervisors, common sense, request, specifications, assumption, sarcasm


Official transcript

boss: this isn't what i wanted.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANTED.

IT IS, UNLESS YOU GAVE ME THE WRONG SPECS.

I ASSUMED YOU WOULD USE YOUR COMMON SENSE TO KNOW WHAT I WANTED.

DID YOUR COMMON SENSE HELP YOU MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


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