weakness
Original: weakness on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Interviewer (a woman with curly blond hair, seated at a desk): So, what's your greatest weakness?
Panel 2:
Applicant (a woman with dark bob hair): I have many hobbies, but nothing stirs my passion. I constantly attempt to impress people who mean nothing to me. I'm exactly smart enough to know I'll never quite do anything great.
Panel 3:
Interviewer: Oh geez, not your psychologically crushing weaknesses. Just like, tell me something that implies you'll work overtime for free.
Panel 4:
Applicant: Sometimes I get so into paperwork that I lose track of time.
Interviewer: Welcome aboard.
Votey:
Interviewer (off-panel, in a speech bubble): You're not one of those "sleep at night" type of employees are you?
(The applicant looks wide-eyed and anxious, sweating, with a small bundle of objects/twigs in front of her.)
Interviewer (a woman with curly blond hair, seated at a desk): So, what's your greatest weakness?
Panel 2:
Applicant (a woman with dark bob hair): I have many hobbies, but nothing stirs my passion. I constantly attempt to impress people who mean nothing to me. I'm exactly smart enough to know I'll never quite do anything great.
Panel 3:
Interviewer: Oh geez, not your psychologically crushing weaknesses. Just like, tell me something that implies you'll work overtime for free.
Panel 4:
Applicant: Sometimes I get so into paperwork that I lose track of time.
Interviewer: Welcome aboard.
Votey:
Interviewer (off-panel, in a speech bubble): You're not one of those "sleep at night" type of employees are you?
(The applicant looks wide-eyed and anxious, sweating, with a small bundle of objects/twigs in front of her.)
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic of a job interview. Panel 1: a blond curly-haired interviewer at a desk asks a dark-haired applicant, "So, what's your greatest weakness?" Panel 2: the applicant earnestly answers, "I have many hobbies, but nothing stirs my passion. I constantly attempt to impress people who mean nothing to me. I'm exactly smart enough to know I'll never quite do anything great." Panel 3: the interviewer, annoyed, replies, "Oh geez, not your psychologically crushing weaknesses. Just like, tell me something that implies you'll work overtime for free." Panel 4: the applicant says, "Sometimes I get so into paperwork that I lose track of time," and the interviewer immediately answers, "Welcome aboard." The joke: companies don't actually want honest self-knowledge, only signs you'll overwork yourself. Votey: the interviewer asks off-panel, "You're not one of those 'sleep at night' type of employees are you?" while the applicant stares back wide-eyed, sweating and anxious.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.