Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 20th June 2001

Dilbert//4449, first published 25 years ago on Wednesday 20th June 2001

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5 dollars per night mini bar motion detector three hundred charged near it long night

Official transcript

Dilbert stands at a hotel concierge desk. The desk attendant says, "The room costs five dollars a night."

The attendant continues, saying, "The mini-bar has a motion detector; you will be charged three hundred dollars everytime you get within eight feet of it."

The room is small and the mini-bar is in the center of the room. Dilbert crouches in the corner of his room next to his bed, thinking, "This is going to be a long night."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE ROOM COSTS FIVE DOLLARS PER NIGHT.

THE MINIBAR HAS A MOTION DETECTOR; YOU'LL BE CHARGED THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS EVERY TIME YOU GET WITHIN EIGHT FEET OF IT IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT.

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AI Analysis

Title: "Room Service"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit, in a hotel room.
• He is surprised to learn that the room costs $500 per night.
• The hotel staff explains that the mini-bar has a motion detector, which charges $300 every time he gets within eight feet of it.
• Dilbert is shocked and says, "It's going to be a long night."
• The comic strip pokes fun at the high cost of hotel rooms and the creative ways hotels find to charge guests.

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