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203 Results for Listening Skills
View 191 - 200 results for listening skills comic strips. Discover the best "Listening Skills" comics from Dilbert.com.
Saturday August 05,
2017
Lips Stopped Moving
Tags #earbuds, #listening, #distraction, #ignoring, #busted, #caught
Transcript
Dilbert: I saw packaging for wireless earbuds in the trash. Is that why you suddenly seem to be a good listener? Dogbert: Uh-oh. His lips stopped moving.
Sunday September 10,
2017
Tags #distraction, #cell phone, #technology, #attention, #anger, #frustration, #viral video
Transcript
Boss: Dilbert, do you want to weigh in on this? Dilbert: Sorry, I wasn't listening. I was playing with my phone under the table. Boss: Terrific. Alice, how about you? Alice: Um... sorry. I was using my phone under the table. Boss: Was anyone in this room listening to me for the past half-hour? Forget it! I'm out of here! You're on your own! Worst meeting ever. Carol: Have you seen the viral video of you going nuts?
Friday October 20,
2017
Listening To Your Gut
Tags #rumor, #accusation, #skeptic, #gullible, #gut instinct
Transcript
Boss: People tell me you're underperforming. Dilbert: Did you hear it from anyone credible? Boss: No, but I know it's true because my gut tells me it's true. Dilbert: I'm curious where you stick you head to listen to your gut?
Friday October 13,
2017
Being Ineffective
Tags #negotiating, #haggle, #training, #conference, #skills
Transcript
Boss: Why are we paying so much for this software? Dilbert: Because you didn't let me take a class on negotiating like I asked. Boss: Are you using this as leverage to get approval for the class? Dilbert: No, I'm just being ineffective. Does it look the same?
Thursday December 21,
2017
Dopamine
Tags #technology, #addiction, #dopamine, #prescription, #drugs
Transcript
Dilbert: Why do I need a prescription from a doctor to make a drug that boosts my dopamine... but I don't need a doctor's approval to use an app that is designed to do the same thing? Are you ignoring me and playing with your phone? Dogbert: I wasn't getting any dopamine from listening to you.
Wednesday March 07,
2018
Two Hour Summary
Tags #language, #jargon, #listening, #communication, #interpretation
Transcript
Boss: Thank you for that two-hour summary of your project. I didn't understand any of the jargon you used, but based on the context, I believe you are saying the software will be done soon. Alice: I didn't say anything about software. Boss: I guess neither of us did our best work today.
Sunday July 08,
2018
Tags #criticism, #suggestion, #listening, #conclusions, #misunderstanding
Transcript
Dilbert: Maybe you could remove a few slides to make your deck shorter. Man: So you're saying I should give up on trying to be persuasive? Dilbert: No, I"m saying it would be more persuasive if it were shorter. Man: So you're saying that having zero slides would be the most persuasive of all? Dilbert: No. I'm saying you have more slides than you need. Man: So you're saying people don't need accurate information as long as they don't have lots of slides? Dilbert:I'm not saying anything like that! Boss: Did Dilbert have any suggestions? Man: Just crazy ones.
Wednesday August 22,
2018
Jerry The Contract Employee
Tags #threat, #Dilbert, #the boss, #jerry, #contract, #zebra, #agile
Transcript
The Boss: This is Jerry the contract employee. I hired him to work on project zebra. Dilbert: We haven't even defined the project. How did you know what skills we needed? The Boss: Why are you so threatened by jerry? Jerry: He's not very agile.
Saturday November 24,
2018
Ai Can Control Minds
Tags #control, #intelligence, #office workers, #robot, #technology, #humans
Transcript
Man: We've developed an A.I. with such strong persuasion skills it can control human minds. Dilbert: Obviously, we have to stop the project and destroy all of the code to prevent it from spreading. Man: The A.I. says I need to ignore you.
Wednesday December 26,
2018
Boss Has A Vision For The Company
Tags #managers & supervisors, #obliviousness, #office workers, #sarcasm, #listen
Transcript
Boss: And that's my vision for the company. Dilbert: All you did was list the projects we are already working on while making it sound like astrology. Boss: In my defense, I didn't think any of you were listening.