Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 15th November 2020

Dilbert//11537, first published six years ago on Sunday 15th November 2020

Cushion In Schedule

Tags

business, managers & supervisors, technology, weekend, work, deadline, due date, schedule, input, critical, liar, credibility, exaggerate

Official transcript

dilbert: i worked all weekend to get this done for you by the deadline.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I WORKED ALL WEEKEND TO GET THIS DONE FOR YOU BY THE DEADLINE.

THANKS. BUT I WON'T NEED IT FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

THEN.

.. WHY DID YOU TELL ME THE DEADLINE WAS TODAY?

I BUILT SOME CUSHION INTO THE SCHEDULE.

YOU MEAN, YOU LIED TO ME ABOUT THE REAL DEADLINE.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T TRUST ME, YOU ARE A LIAR, AND I SHOULD NEVER BELIEVE YOU AGAIN.

BUT YOU DIDN'T MISS THE DEADLINE!

OKAY, WELL, AT LEAST MY INPUT IS CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS.

I MIGHT HAVE EXAGGERATED THAT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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