Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 14th December 2014

Dilbert//9374, first published twelve years ago on Sunday 14th December 2014

Tags

frustration, hard work, respect, reward for work, pretending to work, incremental benefit, realxing, harder path, loser, respect hard work

Official transcript

Wally: What's it like to work hard? I'm curious because the reward for hard work seems to be identical to the reward for pretending to work. It seems as if it would be demotivating to work so hard for no incremental benefit. If I had to pick one word to describe my day, it would be "relaxing."

But you took the harder path, and for that, you have my respect. Alice: I don't want the respect of a loser! BAM!

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WORK HARD?

I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE THE REWARD FOR HARD WORK SEEMS TO BE IDENTICAL TO THE REWARD FOR PRETENDING TO WORK.

IT SEEMS AS IF IT WOULD BE DEMOTIVATING TO WORK SO HARD FOR NO INCREMENTAL BENEFIT.

IF I HAD TO PICK ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE MY DAY, IT WOULD BE "RELAXING." BUT YOU TOOK THE HARDER PATH. AND FOR THAT, YOU HAVE MY RESPECT.

I DON'T WANT THE RESPECT OF A LOSER!

IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, I DON'T ACTUALLY RESPECT HARD WORK.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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