Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 11th November 2011

Dilbert//8245, first published fifteen years ago on Friday 11th November 2011

Tags

employees executives ignorance (knowledge) technical details idea deciosns people involved pale and poorly dressed business

Official transcript

Boss: Stop right there. Don't tell me the technical details of your idea. I make my decisions based on what I know about the people involved. Dilbert: You know less about me than you know about my idea. Boss: Is your idea pale and poorly dressed?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

STOP RIGHT THERE. DON'T TELL ME THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF YOUR IDEA.

I MAKE MY DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW LESS ABOUT ME THAN YOU KNOW ABOUT MY IDEA.

IS YOUR IDEA PALE AND POORLY DRESSED?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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