Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 18th September 2020

Dilbert//11479, first published six years ago on Friday 18th September 2020

Chip For Tracking

Tags

business, managers & supervisors, chip, track, employee, badge, convenience, excuse, coincedence, face mask, sarcasm

Official transcript

boss: we are adding a chip to your employee badges so we can track your social distancing.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE ARE ADDING A CHIP TO YOUR EMPLOYEE BADGES SO WE CAN TRACK YOUR SOCIAL DISTANCING.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CONVENIENT EXCUSE TO DO SOMETHING YOUVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO ANYWAY.

THAT'S PROBABLY A COINCIDENCE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Coincidence"

Summary:

The comic strip features a group of employees sitting at a table, all wearing masks and looking bored. The first panel shows a woman saying, "We are adding a chip to your employee badges so we can track your social distancing." The second panel shows another woman responding, "That sounds like a convenient excuse to do something you've always wanted to do anyway." The third panel shows a man saying, "That's probably a coincidence."

The comic strip is humorous because it implies that the company is using the pandemic as an excuse to implement a tracking system, and the employees are not buying it. The punchline about the coincidence is a clever way to poke fun at the idea that the company is trying to justify its actions. Overall, the comic strip is a lighthearted commentary on the challenges of working during a pandemic.

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