boffer
Original: boffer on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A woman with dark hair (wearing a tag/placard labeled "BOSS") speaks to a man with light hair and a bow tie. She holds out a sheet of paper.
Woman (BOSS): "DON'T WORRY. THIS IS JUST A BOFFER MEMO, BUT LET ME KNOW IF IT'S TOO MUCH."
The paper she is handing over reads: "Assignment with an unreasonable deadline."
Man: "NO, NO. I'M ENJOYING THE ADRENALINE."
Caption below panel: "Office-LARP was remarkably therapeutic."
Votey:
A close-up of a woman's face, looking blank/deadpan, with a speech bubble.
Woman: "ROLL FOR LACK OF INITIATIVE."
A woman with dark hair (wearing a tag/placard labeled "BOSS") speaks to a man with light hair and a bow tie. She holds out a sheet of paper.
Woman (BOSS): "DON'T WORRY. THIS IS JUST A BOFFER MEMO, BUT LET ME KNOW IF IT'S TOO MUCH."
The paper she is handing over reads: "Assignment with an unreasonable deadline."
Man: "NO, NO. I'M ENJOYING THE ADRENALINE."
Caption below panel: "Office-LARP was remarkably therapeutic."
Votey:
A close-up of a woman's face, looking blank/deadpan, with a speech bubble.
Woman: "ROLL FOR LACK OF INITIATIVE."
Alt text
A single-panel comic in an office. A dark-haired woman wearing a placard reading "BOSS" hands a sheet of paper to a light-haired man in a bow tie. She says, "Don't worry. This is just a boffer memo, but let me know if it's too much." The paper reads, "Assignment with an unreasonable deadline." The man replies, "No, no. I'm enjoying the adrenaline." A caption reads: "Office-LARP was remarkably therapeutic" — the joke being they're live-action-role-playing the stresses of office work as a cathartic game. Votey: a deadpan close-up of a woman's face saying, "Roll for lack of initiative," a tabletop-RPG dice-roll gag applied to workplace apathy.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.