Dilbert - 1996-02-04 -
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(IMG) 1996-02-04
Dilbert sits on the couch and Dogbert sits on the backrest. Dilbert's
mother offers him a cookie and says, "I'll never understand what you
do for a living." Dilbert replies, "I told you I'm an engineer, Mom."
Dilbert's mom says, "So you say, but you also say you spend all day
in meetings. When do you do any engineering?" Dilbert replies,
"Good point. Let's just say I'm what the experts call a 'knowledge
worker.'" Dilbert's mother asks, "Which experts call it that?"
Dilbert replies, "I don't know." Dilbert's mom asks, "What's the
name of the product you're working on?" Dilbert responds, "I don't
know what the acronym stands for . . ." Mom asks, "What kind of
market penetration and return on investment do you expect?" Dilbert
says, "Um . . . I don't know . . ." Dilbert's mom says, "Oh, dear .