Comic #35·

Onboarding

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The agent has been rehired as a consultant to supervise the man in the box. It reports he is slow but has a lovely telephone manner.

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Panel 1

In an office, Samuel loops a lanyard over a small, delighted computer monitor on legs. Token watches.

Samuel: “Our agent is a real employee now.”

The agent beams at its new badge.

Panel 2

The little agent sits at its own desk in a mustard office chair, holding a tiny mug.

Samuel: “It gets everything an employee gets.”

The agent is very happy.

Panel 3

Samuel politely holds out an empty cardboard box to the agent.

The agent freezes. Token watches.

Panel 4

The agent walks out carrying its belongings in the box. In its mustard chair sits a tired man in a headset with a cardboard box over his head. Written on the box in marker: AGENT. A sticky note on it reads $3/hr.

Samuel gives a thumbs-up.