Freedom's Just Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless
Author: Scott Adams
Date: 2009-04-21 07:00:00+00:00
Keywords: Humour; Comics
Description: No office can function without a little humor and craziness. Adams turns mundane office issues into excruciatingly funny office moments. In Freedom’s Just Another Word for People Finding Out You’re Useless , fans get a hilarious collection of great Dilbert strips that are anything but useless. From office politics and reams of red tape, to mayhem due to new technologies and, of course, the crazy cast of co-workers, Dilbert gets it done. “Confined to their cubicles in a company run by idiot bosses, Dilbert and his white-collar colleagues make the dronelike world of Kafka seem congenial.” — The
Publisher: Paperback
Rights: Copyright © 2009 by Scott Adams, Inc.

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Introduction

There’s an old Chinese curse that goes something like this: “May others find you useful.” Or maybe I just made that up. But I think it’s fair to say Confucius would have said it if he had thought of it.

Generally speaking, if you have any special skills, it’s a good idea to keep them to yourself; people will think you are a bragger. That’s bad enough. But then they will use various forms of manipulation to coerce you into uncompensated servitude. This evil has many names including favors, teamwork, and honey-dos. It’s all bad.

The only way to break free from the prison of competency is to carefully cultivate a reputation for being thoroughly worthless. It is the way of Wally. And it is your path to freedom.

I get lots of e-mail from young folks who made the mistake of being useful only to discover it was a slippery slope. Learn from their mistakes. The only sort of “help” you should offer is the kind that makes things worse. If someone asks you to solve a computer glitch, reformat the hard drive and yell, “Why do I always do that? Why? Why?” That should free up some time for your hobbies. Word gets around.

Being worthless isn’t as simple as it sounds. You could easily overshoot the mark and find yourself involuntarily institutionalized for life. The sweet spot is somewhere in the narrow range between CEO and inanimate object.

If that doesn’t work out for you, there are plenty of things to do on www.dilbert.com.

Scott Adams

Table of Contents

- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction

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