2012-11-11
Original: 2012-11-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (red-haired, glasses): How about instead of paying the high price for the cookies, I don't actually want, I just directly give you the amount you would've received as a cut of my payment, plus a dollar?
(A girl scout in a green shirt and sash with colorful badges smiles in the doorway.)
Panel 2:
Woman (smiling, leaning on doorframe): That way you get more money, no cookies get wasted, and I get the sense of pride for which the cookies merely acted as a conveyance.
Panel 3:
Girl Scout: Sorry ma'am. No can do. I'm working on a merit badge.
Woman: How can they give you a merit badge for inefficiently moving money from people to organizations?
Panel 4:
Caption banner: LATER...
(Close-up of the green sash. A badge has been added: a sunburst icon with a yellow banner reading "BUREAUCRACY.")
Votey:
Caption banner: ACTUALLY...
(A hand holds out a note that reads:) You will receive your bureaucracy badge in 6 to ∞ weeks.
Woman (red-haired, glasses): How about instead of paying the high price for the cookies, I don't actually want, I just directly give you the amount you would've received as a cut of my payment, plus a dollar?
(A girl scout in a green shirt and sash with colorful badges smiles in the doorway.)
Panel 2:
Woman (smiling, leaning on doorframe): That way you get more money, no cookies get wasted, and I get the sense of pride for which the cookies merely acted as a conveyance.
Panel 3:
Girl Scout: Sorry ma'am. No can do. I'm working on a merit badge.
Woman: How can they give you a merit badge for inefficiently moving money from people to organizations?
Panel 4:
Caption banner: LATER...
(Close-up of the green sash. A badge has been added: a sunburst icon with a yellow banner reading "BUREAUCRACY.")
Votey:
Caption banner: ACTUALLY...
(A hand holds out a note that reads:) You will receive your bureaucracy badge in 6 to ∞ weeks.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A red-haired woman with glasses, seen from behind at her front door, proposes to a smiling Girl Scout (green shirt and badge sash) at the door: "How about instead of paying the high price for the cookies, I don't actually want, I just directly give you the amount you would've received as a cut of my payment, plus a dollar?" Panel 2: The woman, now facing us and leaning on the doorframe, continues: "That way you get more money, no cookies get wasted, and I get the sense of pride for which the cookies merely acted as a conveyance." Panel 3: The Girl Scout replies, "Sorry ma'am. No can do. I'm working on a merit badge." The woman asks, "How can they give you a merit badge for inefficiently moving money from people to organizations?" Panel 4: A banner reads "LATER..." and shows a close-up of the green sash now bearing a new badge: a sunburst with a yellow banner reading "BUREAUCRACY." Votey aftercomic: A banner reads "ACTUALLY..." and a hand holds a handwritten note that says "You will receive your bureaucracy badge in 6 to ∞ weeks," mocking endless bureaucratic delays.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.