Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 6th June 2012

Dilbert//8453, first published fourteen years ago on Wednesday 6th June 2012

Tags

editors writing pointless confusing technical writer highly trained trick question paragraph two

Official transcript

Dilbert: Your second paragraph is pointless and confusing. Let's just delete it. Tina: I'm a highly trained technical writer. What makes you think you can do my job better? Dilbert: That might be a trick questions, but I'm pretty sure the answer is paragraph two.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOUR SECOND PARAGRAPH IS POINTLESS AND CONFUSING. LET'S JUST DELETE IT.

I'M A HIGHLY TRAINED TECHNICAL WRITER.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN DO MY JOB BETTER?

THAT MIGHT BE A TRICK QUESTION, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THE ANSWER IS PARAGRAPH TWO.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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