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.
Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957 and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hartwick College in 1979.
He also studied economics and management for his 1986 MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
In recent years, Adams has been hurt with a series of debilitating health problems. Since late 2004, he has suffered from a reemergence of his focal dystonia which has affected his drawing. He can fool his brain by drawing using a graphics tablet. On December 12, 2005, Adams announced on his blog that he also suffers from spasmodic dysphonia, a condition that causes the vocal cords to behave in an abnormal manner. However, on October 24, 2006, he again blogged stating that he had recovered from this condition, although he is unsure if the recovery is permanent. He claims to have developed a method to work around the disorder and has been able to speak normally since. Also, on January 21, 2007, he posted a blog entry detailing his experiences with treatment by Dr. Morton Cooper.
Adams is also a trained hypnotist, as well as a vegetarian. (Mentioned in, "Dilbert: A Treasury of Sunday Strips 00).
2016 Reading Challenge #24: A book with a protagonist who has your occupation.
Dilbert es un ingeniero que trabaja en un complejo de oficinas. Me too.
Dilbert cree que el internet es más interesante que las personas de la vida real. Me too.
Dilbert tiene algunas tiras buenas y muy acertadas.
(No lo nieguen, Recursos Humanos, todos sabemos cuanto aman hacer esos anuncios de trabajo tipo: Se busca profesional no mayor de 25 años, con mínimo 15 años de experiencia)
Y, a pesar de todo eso, no me sentí identificada, no me hizo sonreír y no me gustó. Tarde dos meses leyendo este libro de apenas 120 páginas de tiras cómicas. DOS MESES. Y tuve que forzarme a terminarlo.
Segundo libro de Dilbert que leo, y último, presiento, por una temporada. La necesidad de hacer el chiste en tres viñetas hace que muchas veces esté todo traído por los pelos, cosa que nunca noté con Garfield o Calvin&Hobbes, por poner dos de mis favoritos.
Los temas son los de siempre: RRHH inhumanos, consultores con mucho morro, jefes incompetentes, y la insoportable levedad del ser de los que realmente hacen el trabajo. Eso y mucha mala leche por parte del autor.
No me convence Dilbert, a pesar de que unas pocas tiras sí me arrancaran una sonrisa.
Only an idiot finishes a project before the deadline. The less time you give people to nitpick, the more time you have to pretend you're overworked.
Winners keep their jobs but stop caring about the quality of their work. I have no stress, free coffee, and get paid too. -Doesn't this make you a worthless leech on society? I'm pretty sure the winner in that example is the leech.
I need you to attend a meeting for your boss while he is on vacation. I plan to bully you into making decisions that are bad for your department.
I still have no idea why Scott Adams would riff off the lyrics of Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee" for the title of this collection: "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose". It does come directly from one of the strips, part of the "Way of Wally" gags.
Some of the strips that made me laugh, especially based on my current job:
If you enjoy Dilbert books, you definitely won't want to miss this one. If you don't, why the (blank) not? They're hilarious. This one is composed almost entirely of strips that bear at least some relevance to the title and overall theme, which can best be summed up as, "Never let anyone know how competent you are; they'll just expect more of you." Otherwise known as "The Way of the Wally".
I’m slowly working my way through as many Dilbert collections as I can access either via Kindle or my library eBooks. So far, I’ve not been disappointed. I think anyone who has worked in an office setting of any sort with a variety of co-workers, bosses they could live without, cubicles, and office politics can relate to Dilbert. Lots of laughter.
All color strips. A lot of wally. Dilbert is such a cubicle worker. I almost ended up in a cubicle. I actually ended up making more as a small machine operator.
I look to Dilbert to put me in the frame of mind to deliver some of his stunning lines in meetings and with "colleagues". I'd prefer to use Alice's skills but insubordination and sarcasm is harder to fire than slapping the morons silly.
We all might have started out like Calvin with a great view of life. But after hitting the workforce we all somewhat become Dilbert. Everyone knows someone like one of the characters in the strips. Highly recommended
I don't know if I'm getting worn down in my old age, or if after awhile the jokes just get stale, but I didn't enjoy this book as much as I've enjoyed other Dilbert books in the past. It still rings true, but somehow it just felt a little stale.
Dilbert has always been one of my favorite comic strips, but this book seems not up to his usual standards. It does have a few funny strips, but overall, it seemed to lack his usual wit and humor.
It makes me laugh. As I read it, I could see this happening in any work setting. So have a good laugh and say thank god I don't work there or maybe I do and just haven't noticed before.