A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert Quotes" contest. It was looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life Dilbert-type managers. Here are the finalists:

1) "As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks."
(Winning quote from Fred Dales, Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA)

2) "What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might encounter."
(Lykes Lines Shipping)

3) "Email is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business."
(Accounting Manager, Electric Boat Company)

4) "This project is so important, we can't let things that are more important interfere with it."
(Advertising/Marketing Manager, United Parcel Service)

5) "Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule."
(Plant Manager, Delco Corp.)

6) "No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them."
(R&D Supervisor, 3M Corp.)

7) Quote from the boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say."
(Marketing Executive, Citrix Corp.)

8) My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I told my boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, "That would be better for me."
(Shipping Executive, FTD)

9) "We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees."
(Switching Supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Div.)

10) One day my boss asked me to submit a status report to him concerning a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon enough. He said, "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until tomorrow to ask for it."
(Hallmark Executive)