small-business
Original: small-business on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A balding man in a suit, mouth wide open in exasperation, gestures as he speaks. Behind him a younger man and a woman look on with concerned expressions.
Man: OH MY GOD! THIS PLACE IS SO CLEAN! SO STERILE! THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE TO WORK HERE. WE DIDN'T DO THAT IN THE OLD DAYS. AND YOU DON'T EVEN LET EMPLOYEES TAKE HOME SOME OF THE MERCHANDISE? IT'S ALL BUREAUCRACY NOW! WHERE'S THE SOUL?
Caption (below panel): Legalizing meth production really changed the business.
Votey:
A bearded older man shown in profile, looking wistful.
Man: THIS BUSINESS USED TO BE SO MUCH MORE FUN FOR A TINY GROUP OF POWERFUL SOCIOPATHS.
A balding man in a suit, mouth wide open in exasperation, gestures as he speaks. Behind him a younger man and a woman look on with concerned expressions.
Man: OH MY GOD! THIS PLACE IS SO CLEAN! SO STERILE! THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE TO WORK HERE. WE DIDN'T DO THAT IN THE OLD DAYS. AND YOU DON'T EVEN LET EMPLOYEES TAKE HOME SOME OF THE MERCHANDISE? IT'S ALL BUREAUCRACY NOW! WHERE'S THE SOUL?
Caption (below panel): Legalizing meth production really changed the business.
Votey:
A bearded older man shown in profile, looking wistful.
Man: THIS BUSINESS USED TO BE SO MUCH MORE FUN FOR A TINY GROUP OF POWERFUL SOCIOPATHS.
Alt text
A balding man in a suit throws his head back and gestures wildly, mouth wide open, complaining to two younger coworkers who watch with worried looks. He rants: "Oh my god! This place is so clean! So sterile! That's why you have to PAY people to work here. We didn't do that in the old days. And you don't even let employees take home some of the merchandise? It's all bureaucracy now! Where's the soul?" A caption beneath reads: "Legalizing meth production really changed the business." The joke: he laments how corporate, clean, and legal the drug trade has become. Votey: a bearded older man in profile gazes off wistfully and adds, "This business used to be so much more fun for a tiny group of powerful sociopaths."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.