Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 23rd October 2016

Dilbert//10053, first published ten years ago on Sunday 23rd October 2016

Tags

email, communication, response, confusion, honesty, overshare

Official transcript

Man: Did you see my email? Dilbert; Did you mean your two-page document that has about twelve questions for me sprinkled throughout? Man: Yes, that's the one. Why haven't you responded? Dilbert: It's hard to answer that question while being polite. Man: You can be honest. Dilbert: Your email was such a disorganized mess that I assumed everything you do is doomed to fail. I didn't want to waste half a day deciphering it just so I could be on the losing side. With you. Man: Next time, just say you were busy. Dilbert: And I was busy.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DID YOU SEE MY EMAIL?

DO YOU MEAN YOUR TWO-PAGE DOCUMENT THAT HAS ABOUT TWELVE QUESTIONS FOR ME SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT?

YES, THAT'S THE ONE. WHY HAVEN'T YOU RESPONDED?

IT'S HARD TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION WHILE BEING POLITE.

YOU CAN BE HONEST.

YOUR EMAIL WAS SUCH A DISORGANIZED MESS THAT I ASSUMED EVERYTHING YOU DO IS DOOMED TO FAIL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE HALF A DAY DECIPHERING IT JUST SO I COULD BE ON THE LOSING SIDE.

WITH YOU.

NEXT TIME, JUST SAY YOU WERE BUSY.

AND I WAS BUSY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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