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'''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."
** There's also [http://dilbert.com/strip/2009-06-11 this]:
{{quote|'''Dogbert''': We will execute our strategy the usual way. The powerful will delegate to the talentless until failure is achieved.}}
** They [http://dilbert.com/strip/2009-10-25 could as well] play pinball with it:
{{quote|'''Dilbert''': So... you're delegating to me to pass this off to someone else, who will delegate it to someone else. With each handoff, the sense of urgency will diminish until the likelihood of completion approaches zero.}}
* 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.
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* In ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', the Mob Penguin Supervisors of the Penguin Mafia have been known to do this:
{{quote|He orders a subordinate to beat you up. That subordinate orders his subordinate to do it, and so on. Eventually the buck stops with an elderly janitor, who frankly isn't very threatening.}}
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'':
{{quote|Maxim 63: The brass knows how to do it by knowing who can do it.}}
== Web Original ==
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