Boss
Original: Boss on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with flame-like red hair (sitting on a couch, speaking to others): It's not fair that robots are gonna take our jobs first! If they can replace us, why not replace the CEOs first?
Panel 2:
Caption banner: AND SO...
Robot (a small box-like robot with a screen reading "#1000 BOSS"): I noticed you were away from your desk today, Todd.
Man with red hair (now named as Todd): I needed to use the bathroom.
Robot: Needed to or wanted to?
Votey:
Robot (close-up on its screen-face): Actually we're trying to get rid of needs and wants this quarter, Todd.
Man with flame-like red hair (sitting on a couch, speaking to others): It's not fair that robots are gonna take our jobs first! If they can replace us, why not replace the CEOs first?
Panel 2:
Caption banner: AND SO...
Robot (a small box-like robot with a screen reading "#1000 BOSS"): I noticed you were away from your desk today, Todd.
Man with red hair (now named as Todd): I needed to use the bathroom.
Robot: Needed to or wanted to?
Votey:
Robot (close-up on its screen-face): Actually we're trying to get rid of needs and wants this quarter, Todd.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man with flame-like red hair sits on a couch and complains, "It's not fair that robots are gonna take our jobs first! If they can replace us, why not replace the CEOs first?" Panel 2: a caption reads "AND SO..." and a small box-shaped robot whose screen displays "#1000 BOSS" now manages him. The robot says, "I noticed you were away from your desk today, Todd." Todd replies, "I needed to use the bathroom." The robot presses, "Needed to or wanted to?" The joke: replacing CEOs with robots produces an even more dehumanizing micromanaging boss. Votey: a close-up of the robot's round screen-face as it says, "Actually we're trying to get rid of needs and wants this quarter, Todd."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.