Can you help me find this Dilbert cartoon?

March 3, 2016 4:59 PM

I remember a Dilbert cartoon where he's in the office and a coworker asks him what he's still doing in the office at 6 p.m., and he says that he's waiting for everyone else to leave so he can get some work done. The coworker says she's there for the same reason. Then several other coworkers appear, all of whom say the same thing - they're waiting for everyone else to leave. I can't find this cartoon online. Are your Google-fu skills stronger than mine?

If it's not online, do you know where I could find it in print?

posted by southern_sky to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

I saw that Dilbert cartoon in the last week in the Washington Post. I don't have the paper now. I think I have their online paper and will look for it. Sorry not be able to tell you more.
posted by JayRwv at 5:30 PM on March 3, 2016

Dilbert stripfinder. I had a look, but no joy.
posted by Sebmojo at 7:16 PM on March 3, 2016

dilbert.com has a great search function. just click the magnifying glass and type in keywords from the dialogue. And I think pretty much the whole catalog of strips is online.

Still miss the store where you could buy a mug for any strip. >sob<
posted by randomkeystrike at 9:44 PM on March 3, 2016 [1 favorite]

From the Dilbert Stripfinder above, it is possibly this one : working late ?
posted by kinddieserzeit at 2:34 AM on March 4, 2016

If you can recall specific words or phrases in the cartoon, there's also this massive text file that contains the (approximately) verbatim dialogue of every Dilbert cartoon ever published. Here's a sample line:

140524 -- I have the result of our customer survey. - The new software feature they want most is "flying car." - Did you survey any people who aren't idiots? No, I only surveyed people who buy from us.

Unfortunately it contains quite a few misspellings, which makes searching a challenge.
posted by davcoo at 4:53 AM on March 4, 2016