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Dilbert says, "Could you make these changes in the database? It will
only take five minutes."Man says, "Ooh, I don't know?" Dilbert says,
"Wait!" Dilbert says, "Are you planning to spend ten minutes
explaining why you don't have five minutes to do this task?" Dilbert
says, "Or are you so incompetent that a five-minute task will take an
hour?" Dilbert says, "Or are you limited by company policy because
you're a feckless waste of carbon?" Dilbert says, "Or are you the
agreeable but unorganized type who will say yes, lose my note, and
forget who asked?" Man says, "I was planning to tell you this doesn't
need to be done and refuse to change my position even after you give
me good reasons." Dilbert says, "Experience is just another word for
losing hope."
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