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2021-12-04

by shaenon on December 4, 2021 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon
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  1. sightline
    December 4, 2021, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Eh, I’ve had worse bosses.

    • Duane B.
      December 4, 2021, 2:07 am | # | Reply

      He’s the kind of boss I wish I had on several jobs.

      • davidbreslin101
        December 4, 2021, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

        You don’t get New Broom Syndrome if the new boss doesn’t care enough to sweep out the old.

  2. palenoue
    December 4, 2021, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    At least Tip showed up. A friend used to work at a large global corporation and his department had three different bosses in two months. Not a single one of them actually showed up or bothered to talk to anyone in his department. One of the many reasons he no longer works there and is much happier with life.

    • Pygar
      December 4, 2021, 1:15 am | # | Reply

      Wow, a cordless bungee boss!

      • jwghaller
        December 4, 2021, 8:55 am | # | Reply

        I had a job once where, after working there for years, I stumbled across an org chart and discovered that the person I was theoretically reporting to was someone I had met twice and didn’t even realize was in my department.

  3. Duane B.
    December 4, 2021, 2:11 am | # | Reply

    Do you think Chris will use this to pad out his resume?

    • Landis963
      December 4, 2021, 10:39 am | # | Reply

      I suspect he’d be a fool not to. Assuming that any of A-sig’s infrastructure survives the story, of course.

    • Robert Nowall
      December 4, 2021, 2:20 pm | # | Reply

      Well, Tip doesn’t pad his bra anymore (I think), so why not let Chris pad a resume?

  4. Robert Nowall
    December 4, 2021, 5:21 am | # | Reply

    “I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello.”

  5. Daibhid+C
    December 4, 2021, 8:35 am | # | Reply

    My current team leader, who’s been in the job about month, recently announced a) that five people (not including me) are being transfered to his former department in April and b) that the whole point of him being in our department was to facilitate this, after which he accompanies them back.

    He’s a nice enough guy, but it does feel like a flying visit.

    • awgiedawgie
      December 4, 2021, 10:52 am | # | Reply

      I think my concern would be what happens to everyone else in your department after said transfer takes place.

      • waynezombie
        December 4, 2021, 12:47 pm | # | Reply

        Seconded! Sounds like a poaching promotion.

        • khn0
          December 4, 2021, 6:16 pm | # | Reply

          I’d rather say it sounds like they’re going to close, sell or externalize one of the departments. If there is a valid union not too far, it could be worth a coffee talk…

  6. jwghaller
    December 4, 2021, 8:55 am | # | Reply

    Inspirational! Dare to dream!

  7. Shadowmehr
    December 4, 2021, 9:37 am | # | Reply

    At least he’s honest about his career goals, and doesn’t try to hide them behind bureaucratic doublespeak.

    • greenknight32
      December 4, 2021, 7:42 pm | # | Reply

      No time for that.

  8. David B Huber
    December 4, 2021, 9:38 am | # | Reply

    Chemtrails. Just the trick for tracking otherwise stealthy aircraft…

    • Robert Nowall
      December 4, 2021, 12:25 pm | # | Reply

      It’s a new conspiracy theory on me.

      • David B Huber
        December 4, 2021, 6:11 pm | # | Reply

        Of course! Half the fun of conspiracy theories is making up new ones – the more plausible the better! 😉

        • khn0
          December 4, 2021, 6:19 pm | # | Reply

          I had the idea of making a vlog about fake conspiracies, once? Written half a dozen episodes, before I remember there will *always* be someone taking it at face value… (There is a conspiracy theory about Qanon conspiracists being from an italian historical fantasy novel)

  9. Corker
    December 4, 2021, 10:56 am | # | Reply

    I LOVE their logo. Could not be better.

  10. Colonelsam
    December 4, 2021, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

    So, getting back to the whole “Wizard of Oz” thing, in the sequel, “Marvelous Land of Oz” a boy named Tip (SPOILERS!) eventually transforms into a princess and becomes Queen of Oz. Could Tip be transforming into the Queen of Anasigma? Sure would shut Mr. Green down!

    • Robert Nowall
      December 4, 2021, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

      I often wondered how Baum got away with that back then.

    • Paul Burks
      December 4, 2021, 4:38 pm | # | Reply

      Ozma was did rely on her wardrobe for much of her power. I assume Tip has the Belt and Pearls already.

  11. Robert Nowall
    December 4, 2021, 12:33 pm | # | Reply

    Tip’s giving a speech to the Bureau. But he’s not long for a boss to enduro. He leaves right away for a new power play, with disgruntled employees for sure-o.

  12. Sybilant Squid
    December 4, 2021, 12:50 pm | # | Reply

    Watch Tip singlehandedly sabatoge/take-over the entire shadow government, by taking all the high-clearance positions and leave them headless or with him as the de facto head.

    • Landis963
      December 4, 2021, 3:57 pm | # | Reply

      Such is the power of the org chart.

  13. Jim Janney
    December 4, 2021, 3:07 pm | # | Reply

    Tip is the very model of a modern upward manager.

    • Robert Nowall
      December 4, 2021, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

      I see what you did.

    • davidbreslin101
      December 4, 2021, 6:20 pm | # | Reply

      He’s information vegetable, mineral and, er, tanager

      • TheWreck
        December 5, 2021, 12:11 am | # | Reply

        >slow clap<

    • Jim Janney
      December 5, 2021, 6:45 am | # | Reply

      This is Tip, the quick-climbing jobskipperous.
      He is looking for a rhyme for the first line of this poem.
      But there aren’t many.

      • Robert Nowall
        December 5, 2021, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

        Could be joined by Unity, who’s vociferous and omnivorous.

        • Jim Janney
          December 5, 2021, 7:02 pm | # | Reply

          Cephalivorous?

  14. Joseph Bonnar
    December 4, 2021, 5:30 pm | # | Reply

    I am having problems linking to your site on Firefox style browsers. Not sure what it is. Chrome seems to work.

    • Joseph Bonnar
      December 4, 2021, 5:33 pm | # | Reply

      Almost forgot, the issue began on the strip for 2021-11-20

      • khn0
        December 4, 2021, 6:23 pm | # | Reply

        Just tried it using firefox, from a website I administer and it just went fine.

        • Joseph Bonnar
          December 4, 2021, 7:43 pm | # | Reply

          Thanks, Khn0. I think I figured out the problem; this site isn’t compatible with the HTTPS Everywhere addon. This isn’t an HTTPS site.
          I have no idea why this happened, since I’ve run on FF for months with no problems, but they may well have updated the addon.
          (I found this when I realized that a clean version of Firefox worked, while one with HTTPS Everywhere didn’t._

  15. Brigid Keely
    December 4, 2021, 7:23 pm | # | Reply

    FWIW, I work for the state and am at my second agency bc while it’s not higher clearance it’s easier work (emotionally), marginally better pay, and more convenient to get to.

    This is super common.

  16. Prester Fred
    December 4, 2021, 9:35 pm | # | Reply

    Geez, Tip, what’s with the honesty? Are you trying to be refreshing or something?

    • dornbeast
      December 6, 2021, 1:03 am | # | Reply

      Lying is too much work. If he tells the truth as much as possible, he doesn’t have to remember so much of what he’s told people.

  17. Towering Barbarian
    December 4, 2021, 11:26 pm | # | Reply

    So Tip is backed by Godot? 🙂

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