Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 13th June 2002

Dilbert//4807, first published 24 years ago on Thursday 13th June 2002

Tags

appear smarter less is more sound more wise agreements

Official transcript

The new employee says to Dilbert, "I've learned to appear smarter than I am."

The new employee continues, "I agree with whatever people say then I reword it to sound more wise."

Dilbert responds, "Please leave my cubicle."

The new employee replies, "Because sometimes less is more!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'VE LEARNED TO APPEAR SMARTER THAN I AM.

I AGREE WITH WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY THEN I REWORD IT TO SOUND MORE WISE.

PLEASE LEAVE MY CUBICLE.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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