our-greatest-asset
Original: our-greatest-asset on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Executive (a man in a suit, gesturing at a presentation): "You know what this company's greatest asset is? Its PEOPLE! People like Sandy, our statistical finance expert. She..."
Panel 2:
Executive (reading from a paper, now appearing puzzled): "Correction: our best assets are a portfolio of east Asian stocks and a factory in southern Mongolia."
Panel 3:
Executive (still reading the paper): "Wow, actually our people don't even show up until page two."
Panel 4:
Executive (lowering the paper, addressing a woman who has entered): "Oh, those are just robots with people-names. Well, hey, how about a round of applause for Manu!"
Votey:
A boxy robot looks on. A speech bubble from the robot reads: "KILL?"
An off-panel voice replies in a speech bubble: "NOT YET, BUDDY!"
Executive (a man in a suit, gesturing at a presentation): "You know what this company's greatest asset is? Its PEOPLE! People like Sandy, our statistical finance expert. She..."
Panel 2:
Executive (reading from a paper, now appearing puzzled): "Correction: our best assets are a portfolio of east Asian stocks and a factory in southern Mongolia."
Panel 3:
Executive (still reading the paper): "Wow, actually our people don't even show up until page two."
Panel 4:
Executive (lowering the paper, addressing a woman who has entered): "Oh, those are just robots with people-names. Well, hey, how about a round of applause for Manu!"
Votey:
A boxy robot looks on. A speech bubble from the robot reads: "KILL?"
An off-panel voice replies in a speech bubble: "NOT YET, BUDDY!"
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A man in a suit stands at a presentation and enthusiastically gestures, saying a company's greatest asset is its people, like Sandy, their statistical finance expert. Panel 2: He reads from a paper and corrects himself, saying the best assets are actually a portfolio of east Asian stocks and a factory in southern Mongolia. Panel 3: Still reading, he notes that the company's people don't even appear until page two. Panel 4: A woman enters; he explains those are just robots with people-names, then calls for a round of applause for 'Manu.' The joke is that the company's celebrated 'people' are all robots. Votey: A simple boxy robot says in a speech bubble 'KILL?' and an off-panel voice reassures it, 'NOT YET, BUDDY!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.