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- Iwantawii, on 11/20/2008, -0/+48"The Curse of Competence"
It's amazing how much truth and meaning can be packed into a tightly coiled ball of only 4 words. - cptmichael101st, on 11/19/2008, -1/+47Also, "no" works too.
- jeevesatvic, on 11/20/2008, -0/+32Just accept and then quote them an hourly rate.
- justjoehere, on 11/20/2008, -1/+24There is a better one, but I can't find the strip. Here is the conversation:
Bob: Hey, Dilbert, would you mind stopping by my house after work and seeing if you can fix my computer?
Dilbert: Sure. And while I do that you can be at my house cleaning the grout in my shower.
Bob (looking horrified): That's crazy talk.
Dilbert: Hey, I'm not the one who majored in comparative literature. - WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+23It was on the front page like two days ago -.-
- rlittle66, on 11/19/2008, -6/+25No! I won't touch your ***** stop following me!!
- mediaspree, on 11/20/2008, -0/+17When someone asks me to help them with their computer I ask them if they will wash my car. Usually shuts them up.
- Barackalypse, on 11/20/2008, -1/+14I've actually found the best way isn't to say no at all, its to ask for more information about the task that you know the person won't have an immediate answer to and will instead have to expend effort to search out. By doing this you've made it work for them to try and pawn off their tasks, all while seeming helpful. In 8 years of doing this I've never once had any non-boss co-worker trying to pawn something off on me come back to answer my question. Additionally, this works to some extent on optional things the boss tries to stick you with. You come off sounding extra competent by asking insightful questions to ensure the task is completed properly, but at the same time you make it much more likely they'll just toss it to someone less thorough than you.
- Matt2k, on 11/20/2008, -0/+12Don't do this to your friends and family. Help them. The other day I asked my mechanic friend for some advice on working on my car. He has a fancy garage. I give him computer help. I asked my father to bring over a wheelbarrow. I helped him chop wood. Back and forth. In moderation.
If its someone you're not close to, just say you're busy. If they offer to bring their computer over, insist that you're busy or tired. It's tactful and works. Or if you're comfortable, suggest to do it in exchange for some beers or other trade. Throwing an hourly rate right out on the table when someone thinks they're just asking for a favor will just breed resentment, it's probably just better to just decline - micahwilli, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11Wow reason and courtesy on Digg??? You must be over 21, have a steady job and a Family. WELCOME!
- cfisavant, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9I still don't know how to say no to coworkers.
- captainbethany, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9http://gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu/tcnj/images/dilb ...
- Jektal, on 11/20/2008, -1/+10You're doing it wrong.
- Barackalypse, on 11/20/2008, -11/+17I think I'm going to link this every time I read a story about some new giveaway Obama is planning with my tax dollars.
- mreade, on 11/20/2008, -1/+7Get away from me you lazy-eyed psycho!
- MiDri, on 11/20/2008, -0/+6Or demand sex, from everyone for everything!
- thcobbs, on 11/20/2008, -3/+8Its called reading comprehension... you should try it some time.
- Akraz, on 11/20/2008, -0/+5No, it's customers. I work at a tigerdirect tech center :/
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4Dugg for using the word *****. You're wrong though.
- Akraz, on 11/20/2008, -1/+5I should say that to customers at my work whenever they want their computer fixed.
- Jektal, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4Oh, why didn't you say so! My deepest apologies.
- barius, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3$75.
When they ask how I can get away with charging so much I tell them it costs that much to make me interested. If you can't pay what I'm worth, don't ask. - RaulMuadDib, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2$50
- thcobbs, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2Damn, you're cheap.
- cloudberries, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2"May you live in interesting times"
My favourite curse. If ever it was possible to have a favourite. - raeveth, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2Dilbert=awesome
- captainbethany, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2And while I wish it was Bob the dinosaur in the comic, it's actually Ted the generic guy.
- vashth3stampede, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2damn, i must make a lot of tit's feel awkward when i stare at them. but then again, i'm always more than happy to help them out when asked...
- Coyote47, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2What was the sample size
- dougmc, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Are you one of those really pretty women they have in their catalogs?
You know, the ones wearing a phone headset with a big smile on their face, ready to help me?
After reading their catalog, I know that Tiger Direct employs no unattractive people, and most of the people they do hire are attractive women, which really makes me want to buy computer gear from them! After all, if they're all this attractive, you KNOW they must know computers, right?
Hmm, scratch all that. I haven't looked at one of their catalogs in a long time. And now that I look at their web site, they're not all as attractive as they used to be. They probably got sued by some ugly people for discrimination or something ...
http://images.tigerdirect.com/aboutus/tigergroup.j ... - thcobbs, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Yeah, its incredibly true... but how did you know that?
- chris54950, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Wasn't that another Dilbert strip? I thought Wally said that..
- cloudberries, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Bargain!
- slvrbullet87, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1You are way to nice... I charged my boss $150 to set up a new laptop.
- dlite922, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1can you give back my red stapler...please?
- Finalreminder, on 11/20/2008, -3/+4That post was better than those two ***** comics.
Dugg for being better than the topic - rocor, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1"***** off" works 88.76% of the time.
- dougmc, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Right -- but that $50 is an hourly rate, and setting up a new laptop takes four hours ...
In any event, if it's for your boss -- just do it on the clock. And of course while he gets a spiffy new laptop, you get his old one ... - inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1haha.Thats nice way to say NO.
- dougmc, on 11/20/2008, -1/+2As opposed to the giveaways that Bush did with your tax dollars? (Well, they're not yours anymore, but we know what you mean.) (Yes, he gave your tax dollars to Iraq in the form of planes, bombs and soldiers.)
Or the giveaways that Clinton did ...
Or the giveaways that Bush Sr. did ...
You get the idea. - chris54950, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1This makes me want to spend the rest of my life as an incompetent fool.. people would bother me less that way.
- yacks, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Reminds me of the Dilbert where someone asks him to fix his computer where Dilbert replies that they should go to his house and clean it..
- paulsabo, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I'd set up a wireless network for $50..
Then again, I don't make 80 grand a year - hotpuck6, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1He's doing it wrong.
The correct answer is "Hows $80 an hour sound?" - bman85, on 11/20/2008, -1/+1Is this like your first comment ever?
Well consider it a failure, and hey, you don't get a second first chance.
At least the OP had something insightful to say, all you did is diss on him for it, and look up his comment record and diss on that, when you dont even have a comment record for yourself.
I think you should take your own advice and head out to that deserted island. And please don't bother to comment anymore, i think we can all tell what caliber of person you are. - Jektal, on 11/20/2008, -1/+1Customers != Co-workers
- jaygeeze, on 11/28/2008, -0/+0No thanks.
- elmundio87, on 11/20/2008, -0/+0so true
- lenninct, on 11/20/2008, -1/+1the easiest way is always the quickiest F**K Off
- NMBRealEstate, on 11/20/2008, -0/+0Dilbert is absolutely right. Once you help them they always come back. Then after a while they expect you to help them. The next thing that happens is that you end up spending three hours a day on other peoples work and not your own. Helping people out should only go so far and then they need to pay.
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