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{{quote|''He's standing right there. Why don't you give the order?''|'''[[Phelous]]''', ''[[Kickassia]]''}}

The hero is in the midst of a mission, along with his [[Five Man Band]] and a bunch of [[Red Shirt|Red Shirts]]. He needs to accomplish some minor and relatively mundane task, which is nevertheless bothersome or unwelcome. So he delegates the job to [[The Lancer]]. "[[The Lancer|Lancer]], dig a trench."

The hero is in the midst of a mission, along with his [[Five-Man Band]] and a bunch of [[Red Shirt|Red Shirts]]. He needs to accomplish some minor and relatively mundane task, which is nevertheless bothersome or unwelcome. So he delegates the job to [[The Lancer]]. "[[The Lancer|Lancer]], dig a trench."

[[The Lancer]] nods, then turns to the [[Gentle Giant]]. "Gentle Giant, dig a trench."

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Definitely an example of [[Truth in Television]].

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'''Guy 2 to Guy 3:''' Write a memo on the problem with the Azak project.<br />

'''Guy 3''' (thinking) What's a memo?. }}

*** A third Dilbert example: The [[Pointy Haired Boss]] gives Dilbert a task. Dilbert says he's too busy, so the boss tells him him to delegate it to Alice. She tells the boss she's too busy, so he tells her to delegate to Asok. He's also too busy, and told to delegate it to a random employee. The employee accepts but doesn't mention the fact that he's quitting the next day. The boss thinks "I solved four problems today."

*** A third Dilbert example: The [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] gives Dilbert a task. Dilbert says he's too busy, so the boss tells him him to delegate it to Alice. She tells the boss she's too busy, so he tells her to delegate to Asok. He's also too busy, and told to delegate it to a random employee. The employee accepts but doesn't mention the fact that he's quitting the next day. The boss thinks "I solved four problems today."

* Happens in ''[[FoxTrot]]'' when Andy asks Peter to take the garbage. Peter says that Paige owes him a favour so that Andy should ask her. Paige says that Jason owes her a favour so Andy should ask him. Jason says that Peter owes him a favour so Andy should ask him. Andy asks Peter (again) who then willingly takes out the garbage.