This isn’t based on my work experience at all. A more accurate portrayal would be someone from HR telling my boss:
“No.”
I imagine there’s a reason they spell out time off in schedules based on pay grade and such, but it normalizes the entire population. There’s no more Bell curve, no more star employees. Every employee is the same, they get the same benefits, they’re equally valuable. That’s kind of depressing. Corporate America thinks you are simply a cog: a commodity part that is identical to every other and is easily replaceable.
Also, it seems like “we never had it before” is a terrible excuse to give to not move forward. I will explore this theme a bit more in the next comic. The schedule for the rest of the month will be regrettably “bumpy”, as things are crazy-busy around here. Crazy-busy. Do the kids still say that? Some kids used to, back when I was a young man and we kept dinosaurs as domesticated pets. Back when we grew trilobites instead of Sea Monkeys, and let me tell you, our trilobites could kick your Sea Monkeys’ asses.
Where was I? Oh, yes. I’m keeping crazy-busy with work and such, and the schedule may be bumpy for the next few weeks. Sorry, guys, I wish this were my day job (or even one of my night jobs) but roof and food are priorities.
