Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 26th October 2014

Dilbert//9325, first published twelve years ago on Sunday 26th October 2014

Tags

deception, email, insulting, intelligence, iq, trickery, work ethic, obession, addiction, work smarter, text, efficiency

Official transcript

Wally: Studies show that continually checking email lowers your functional I.Q. You advised me to "work smarter,"

so I plan to ignore all of your email from now on. Boss: What if I text you instead? Wally: That's the sort of question that one asks after checking email too often. Boss: Did you just insult me? Wally: That answer is in your email. Boss: Where is it? I don't see any email from you. But I see six new emails that look important. What were we talking about. Wally: You were complimenting me on my efficiency.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

STUDIES SHOW THAT CONTINUALLY CHECKING EMAIL LOWERS YOUR FUNCTIONAL I.Q YOU ADVISED ME TO "WORK SMARTER," SO I PLAN TO IGNORE ALL OF YOUR EMAIL FROM NOW ON.

WHAT IFI TEXT YOU INSTEAD?

THAT'S THE SORT OF QUESTION THAT ONE ASKS AFTER CHECKING EMAIL TOO OFTEN.

DID YOU JUST INSULT ?

THE ANSWER IS IN YOUR EMAIL.

WHERE IS IT?

I DON'T SEE ANY EMAIL FROM YOU.

BUT I SEE SIX NEW EMAILS THAT LOOK IMPORTANT.

WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT?

YOU WERE COMPLIMENTING ME ON MY EFFICIENCY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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