Dilbert “Drunken Lemur” Case Redux
A few weeks ago, we reported here on the infamous Dilbert case, in which a judge ruled in favor of an employee who was fired for posting a cartoon that likened managers to “drunken lemurs.”
We conducted a poll and found that 77% of you agreed with the judge’s decision, 16% disagreed and 7% responded: “What’s a lemur?”
In a case of art imitating life imitating art, this week’s Dilbert strips have featured an in-depth legal analysis of the case and its potential implications. (To view the actual strips, click on the Dilbert icon on the bottom left of the Blawg.)
Yesterday’s strip featured the following exchange:
Boss: Our surveillance cameras caught you posting this anti-management comic on the wall. The comic compares managers to drunken lemurs. Do you think drunken lemurs are like managers.
Wally: No. Some lemurs can hold their liquor.
Today’s strip took it a step further:
Catbert: Wally, I have to fire you for posting a comic comparing managers to drunken lemurs. You won’t be eligible for unemployment benefits unless you can prove you were stupid as opposed to malicious. Can you prove you’re stupid?
Wally: Is there another explanation for working here?
What will happen next? Will the company fire Wally? Will he sue? Will he get unemployment benefits? Will a group of sober lemurs file a class action?
Stay tuned for more.
Completely Irrelevant Bonus Information. For the 7% of you who didn’t know what a lemur is, Webster’s defines it as:
any of various arboreal chiefly nocturnal prosimian primates (superfamily Lemuroidea) that were formerly widespread but are now largely confined to Madagascar and that usually have a longish muzzle, large eyes, very soft woolly fur, and a long furry tail.
And, apparently, they can hold their liquor. Click here for a picture.
