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May 31, 2012
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Now I really want to see the angry client's reaction to the report.
I cannot express how many times this has happened to me during projects. you're usually on point, scott, but this one almost makes me mad how true it is.
OK. That first panel there is puuuuure comedy gold! Excellent comic! Well played, sir.
Been there, done that, tore the T-shirt to shreds . . .
-Yellow- ink? Omg, do you mean highlighter?
Scott, master of the subtle put-down.
This has actually happened to me, As Scott not as Mullet Boss. Fat tip sharpie also makes for "nice" edits.
hilarious as usual Scott!
Hello. Mullet boss's abuse of Scott seems a little half-hearted today....
also I don't think you do requests but my friend's grandfather just passed away so I was wondering if you could do a BI on how to deal with loss
Anyway I love your comic and keep up the good work!
It's like a mirror of my working life!
solid
I have had this exact experience some years ago when my boss at time sent back the report I had been working on with a sheaf of notes and "corrections". I amended the report and it came back with a load more notes with instructions to remove nearly everything she had instructed me to insert...
As a pleb in the academic field I highly approve this comic. Panel 3 in particular gives me horrific flashbacks.
This is a good one. The first panel was the best in my opinion.
The third frame is just too painfully true for me, even if it is equally funny. When I was writing my thesis, drafts to/from my advisor seemed to be going back and forth endlessly. To keep things uncluttered, I was not thinking; I would shred a draft as soon as I'd put the corrections in, until some of the 'corrections' started seeming way too familiar. The shredding stopped, and I caught my advisor adding/deleting/readding his own corrections... a lot! When I told him this was happening, he flatly denied it. When I showed him several successive drafts, the endless draft rewrites ended.
printed and slid under my boss' office door
Step 1: Don't be Scott's boss. Step 2: Okay, now you can collaborate.
hilarious. and awesome. AT THE SAME TIME.
As the client never seems to leave, the quality of the report makes no difference, surely.
I have finally caught up. I discovered this website last week and have been reading through the archive with gusto! And Missy's blog too.
I adore you both :D
Keep up the good work! (I'll look into subscribing if I get a job I'm hoping for!)