2014-03-21
Original: 2014-03-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A hand holds a pencil over a checklist on a sheet of paper. The items, each with a checkbox marked, read:
[x] Disinclination to change coupled with decreasing happiness
[x] Less time spent with family
[x] Less sleep or sleep of lower quality
[x] Decreased communication with family
[x] Repeatedly expressed desire to quit
Panel 2: A dark-haired man holds the sheet of paper up, looking stricken.
Man: OH MY GOD.
Panel 3: The man bursts through a doorway into an office, holding up the paper, addressing a balding man seen from behind at a desk.
Man: BOSS! I THINK I'M ADDICTED TO MY JOB!
Votey: A close-up sketch of the boss's face.
Boss: ALSO, METH.
[x] Disinclination to change coupled with decreasing happiness
[x] Less time spent with family
[x] Less sleep or sleep of lower quality
[x] Decreased communication with family
[x] Repeatedly expressed desire to quit
Panel 2: A dark-haired man holds the sheet of paper up, looking stricken.
Man: OH MY GOD.
Panel 3: The man bursts through a doorway into an office, holding up the paper, addressing a balding man seen from behind at a desk.
Man: BOSS! I THINK I'M ADDICTED TO MY JOB!
Votey: A close-up sketch of the boss's face.
Boss: ALSO, METH.
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: a hand with a pencil hovers over a checklist on paper, every box checked: 'Disinclination to change coupled with decreasing happiness,' 'Less time spent with family,' 'Less sleep or sleep of lower quality,' 'Decreased communication with family,' 'Repeatedly expressed desire to quit.' Panel 2: a dark-haired man holds the paper, looking horrified, saying 'OH MY GOD.' Panel 3: the man bursts into an office and tells his balding boss (seen from behind), 'BOSS! I THINK I'M ADDICTED TO MY JOB!' The joke: the checklist is really a list of addiction warning signs that perfectly describe his relationship with work. Votey aftercomic: a loose close-up sketch of the boss's face, who deadpans, 'ALSO, METH.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.