Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 16th November 2008

Dilbert//7155, first published eighteen years ago on Sunday 16th November 2008

Tags

imagination experince email boss hurts brain think about it team players new projects form of evil people squander it

Official transcript

Asok says, "Is it my imagination or am I doing your job, plus mine?"

Wally says, "That's not your imagination, Asok."

Wally says, "It's a little thing I call experience."

Wally says, "Once a week, I e-mail our pointy-haired boss and ask him a question."

Wally says, "I make the question so complicated that it hurts his brain."

The Boss says, "Ow! Ow! Ow!"

Wally says, "He'll spend the rest of the week avoiding me so he doesn't need to think about it."

Wally says, "Meanwhile he seeks out team players and hammers them with new projects."

Asok says, "So... experience is a form of evil?"

Wally says, "Not always. Some people squander it."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

IS IT MY IMAGINATION OR AM I DOING YOUR JOB, PLUS MINE?

THAT'S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION, ASOK.

IT'S A LITTLE THING I CALL EXPERIENCE.

ONCE A WEEK, I EMAIL OUR POINTY-HAIRED BOSS AND ASK HIM A QUESTION.

I MAKE THE QUESTION SO COMPLICATED THAT IT HURTS HIS BRAIN.

HELL SPEND THE REST OF THE WEEK AVOIDING ME SO HE DOESN'T NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT.

MEANWHILE HE SEEKS OUT TEAM PLAYERS AND HAMMERS THEM WITH NEW PROJECTS.

SO...

EXPERIENCE IS A FORM OF EVIL?

NOT ALWAYS.

SOME PEOPLE SQUANDER

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