I Can't Remember if We're Cheap or Smart

Dilbert #39

by Scott Adams

Whether avoiding pointless meetings with the clueless pointy-haired boss or angsting over insanely impossible sales goals, meaningless performance objectives, and a mind-numbing cubicle environment, Dilbert and his fellow corporate victims soldier on, providing a great humorous release for the great brotherhood of office drones. For more than 20 years, Dilbert has connected with the great unappreciated, making one and all wonder, "Has Scott Adams bugged our offices?" In I Can't Remember If We're Cheap or Smart, Scott once again demonstrates that through the dot-coms to the mortgage bubble burst to the new normal, Dilbert knows that the stuff of work is really funny business!

Genres: Comics, Humor, Comic Strips, Graphic Novels, Fiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2012

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

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).

He married Shelly Miles on July 22, 2006.

Reviews

[Miss Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Rodrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uma lição sobre a humanidade.

[Traci · Rating 3 out of 5]

I usually love Dilbert, but I've never sat down to read a whole collection before.

A little Dilbert goes a long way. A long, long way.

Probably best to stick to a daily strip.

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strangely, I had been on my library's waitlist for MONTHS for this one (who knew Pittsburgh was such a hotbed for Dilbert fans!) and was thrilled to see it was finally my turn. ...what would have easily been a 4-star read was knocked a star (really, this is more like a 2-star read, but what can I say, I'm biased) because three of the strips were repeated in this book. Also, my e-copy was missing several pages at the end; it jumped from 77% to 81%, 86%, then 96% with something in-between.

[Cathyann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dilbert is one of my favorites! It is said laughter is the best medicine and Dilbert never to dish out a few good doses of it. He is very good at taking everyday dismal and frustrating workplace aspects and make us laugh at them when we would probably rather scream. He helps us to laugh at ourselves once in awhile.

[DOUGLAS J BERRY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Avoid working in a cubicle.

Some color, but mainly black and white. I worked for a company that hired people fresh out of college and gave them a two year contract. You wouldn't believe how many bad decisions they generated.

[Cat Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dilbert comics are always funny

[Rex Libris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun collection of Dilbert strips. A lot Dogbert as CEO action. This was before Dilbert went casual and he has his signature tie on still.

[Tim Shepard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love it

I always have liked Dilbert. Maybe it's the years I spent as a cove dweller or the people I deal with now that I do IT but the comic still tickles me.

[Scott Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Dilbert cartoons work well for any office environment. While this collection is a little older (i.e. Dilbert still wears the flipped up tie), the office humor is no less relevant.

[Jeff J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading Dilbert reaffirms my decision to retire. What used to be tragic is now funny.

[SKP · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always love Dilbert collections. There was a little repetition in this one, but a lot of ones that were new to me. I still think Scott Adams has some of the offices I’ve worked in bugged….

[Sadie-Jane Huff · Rating 4 out of 5]

good old scott telling it like it is... this one took me ages only because i kept forgetting which title to borrow again.. and bam... got it. read it. laughed my head off.
re-read from start. so need to change that date
especially good when politics at work are at a high or when you're just stressed over assignments. :D

[dejah_thoris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I've been reading too much Dilbert because this one only got a couple of chuckles out of me. Though I guess I should be happy that we don't have to deal with such management nonsense on a regular basis.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say? Dilbert says it all.

[Valerie]

I do love me some Dilbert.

[Ben Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't aware that this was a topic-oriented book (vs chronologically-oriented like most of his books). He reused some old comics I'd seen, but it still had some newer ones.

[Tim Kretschmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty repetitive compilation..but funny.

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love to laugh, get this book. It focuses on workplaces, but even if you don't live in a cubicle, it's great. :D

[minnajee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hienoa satiiria toimistoypäristön absurdista johtamisesta ym.

[Bryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun collection, as always.