At last I have an answer

Since I live in DC, most first conversations go like this:

"Hi my name is suchandsuch"
"Hi, I'm Corbeau."
"So...what do you do?"
"Office ninja"

And then the conversation dies, because suchandsuch thinks my job is boring and mundane, but doesn't want to look like a jerk by saying so.

But now, thanks to today's Dilbert, I can kill the conversation much more efficiently, and with the added bonus of dark humor.