office-talk
Original: office-talk on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: An older man with glasses and a mustache, holding a coffee mug, stands in a doorway.
Older man (John): Hey John, can I talk to you in my office?
Panel 2: A younger man seated at a desk in a cubicle/office responds.
Younger man: Uh, sure.
Panel 3: The older man (John), now standing, faces the younger seated man.
Younger man: Why are you standing up?
Panel 4: Continued conversation.
Younger man: To... go to your office?
Panel 5: The older man stands beside the seated younger man.
Older man (John): Oh, you don't need to be there. I can talk to you by myself.
Panel 6: The younger man looks toward a computer monitor.
Panel 7: The younger man smiles, leaning in, looking at the screen.
Panel 8: The younger man peeks his head around the corner of a blank wall/cubicle partition.
Panel 9 (wide final panel): Looking into an office through a window, the older man (John) stands inside near a desk with a monitor, his hand raised in conversation. In the foreground, the back of the younger man's head is visible as he watches/listens from outside.
Votey:
A close-up of the younger man's face, looking slightly downward with a wistful or resigned expression.
Text: Still... it's more interesting than my actual job.
Older man (John): Hey John, can I talk to you in my office?
Panel 2: A younger man seated at a desk in a cubicle/office responds.
Younger man: Uh, sure.
Panel 3: The older man (John), now standing, faces the younger seated man.
Younger man: Why are you standing up?
Panel 4: Continued conversation.
Younger man: To... go to your office?
Panel 5: The older man stands beside the seated younger man.
Older man (John): Oh, you don't need to be there. I can talk to you by myself.
Panel 6: The younger man looks toward a computer monitor.
Panel 7: The younger man smiles, leaning in, looking at the screen.
Panel 8: The younger man peeks his head around the corner of a blank wall/cubicle partition.
Panel 9 (wide final panel): Looking into an office through a window, the older man (John) stands inside near a desk with a monitor, his hand raised in conversation. In the foreground, the back of the younger man's head is visible as he watches/listens from outside.
Votey:
A close-up of the younger man's face, looking slightly downward with a wistful or resigned expression.
Text: Still... it's more interesting than my actual job.
Alt text
A nine-panel comic in an office setting. An older man with glasses and a mustache, holding a coffee mug, comes to a younger seated man's cubicle and says, 'Hey John, can I talk to you in my office?' The younger man replies 'Uh, sure,' but when the older man just stands there, the younger man asks 'Why are you standing up?' and 'To... go to your office?' The older man answers, 'Oh, you don't need to be there. I can talk to you by myself.' The remaining panels show the younger man watching, smiling, then peeking around a blank wall, and finally observing through an office window as the older man stands inside talking animatedly to no one. The joke: the boss is having a one-sided meeting with himself in his own office while the employee just watches from outside. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the younger man's face with a wistful, resigned look, captioned 'Still... it's more interesting than my actual job.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.