Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 16th November 2010

Dilbert//7885, first published sixteen years ago on Tuesday 16th November 2010

Tags

meetings question nonsense optimize value stream surprise talk listening

Official transcript

Wally says, "Are you leveraging our resources to optimize the client value stream?"

Asok says, "What?"

Wally says, "I'm just messing with you? Nothing I say in meetings actually means anything."

Asok says, "Then why do you talk?"

Wally says, "I tried listening once. It was awful."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ARE YOU LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCES TO OPTIMIZE THE CLIENT VALUE STREAM?

WHAT?

I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. NOTHING I SAY IN MEETINGS ACTUALLY MEANS ANYTHING.

THEN WHY DO YOU TALK?

I TRIED LISTENING ONCE.

IT WAS AWFUL.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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