back-away
Original: back-away on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man wearing a suit with a button reading "#1 BOSS" leans over a coworker who is slumped in a chair beside a computer monitor. The slumped man (red hair, eyes closed, mouth open) appears unconscious.
Boss: OHMYGOD. OHMYGOD. HE'S NOT BREATHING. BACK AWAY. BACK TO YOUR OFFICE.
Caption: Taking inspiration from nature, Steve avoids new tasks by playing dead.
Votey:
A simply-drawn worried face.
Voice (offscreen): DAMMIT, EVERYONE IN HR IS DEAD TOO.?
A man wearing a suit with a button reading "#1 BOSS" leans over a coworker who is slumped in a chair beside a computer monitor. The slumped man (red hair, eyes closed, mouth open) appears unconscious.
Boss: OHMYGOD. OHMYGOD. HE'S NOT BREATHING. BACK AWAY. BACK TO YOUR OFFICE.
Caption: Taking inspiration from nature, Steve avoids new tasks by playing dead.
Votey:
A simply-drawn worried face.
Voice (offscreen): DAMMIT, EVERYONE IN HR IS DEAD TOO.?
Alt text
A comic panel shows a man in a suit wearing a "#1 BOSS" button leaning over a red-haired coworker slumped motionless in a chair beside a computer monitor, eyes closed and mouth open as if dead. The boss exclaims in alarm: "OHMYGOD. OHMYGOD. HE'S NOT BREATHING. BACK AWAY. BACK TO YOUR OFFICE." The caption reads: "Taking inspiration from nature, Steve avoids new tasks by playing dead." The joke is that the employee is faking death to dodge work, and his boss takes it seriously. The votey (bonus panel) shows a simply-drawn worried face with an offscreen voice saying, "DAMMIT, EVERYONE IN HR IS DEAD TOO.?" — implying other employees are pulling the same trick.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.