[TRENCHES] Thursday, April 24, 2014 - Home Office Away From Office

Geth

Home Office Away From Office
http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/home-office-away-from-office

“Good for your career”

Anonymous

The head of the department liked weed. He knew I knew a guy (don’t smoke myself, friend of former roommate), and asked me one day to leave in the middle of the afternoon (during crunch) to go and hook him up. I didn’t want to, but he said it would “be good for my career”.

When I hesitated, he threatened to fire me (temps could be fired for any reason), and then offered to pay me a finder’s fee. I didn’t feel I had much of a choice, and caved.

The next week I was brought into HR, and was asked to explain my unapproved absence from the week before. I looked at the department head who was glaring at me. I told them I went home because I needed some medicine for my stomach and came back when I felt better. That’s when they told me people believed I went out and got drunk, then they told me I was being fired for misconduct, with no evidence.

That night I was sitting at home still going WTF and the department head texted me asking for more weed. I blocked his number. This was a few years ago. Today I have a good design job at a nice company and look back at that time and can’t believe what I put up with.

I found out recently the department head was later fired for coming to work while seriously stoned.

RMS Oceanic

I'd be seriously tempted to snitch on the department head right there.

Man in the Mists

Especially after he had the gall to text you for more weed after he got you fired.

Gaslight

Sooooo the season isn't over then? Who knows!

YoungFrey

Gaslight wrote: »

Sooooo the season isn't over then? Who knows!

The Seasons page still says April and they incremented the counter, so it's probably ending Tuesday since if there is no follow-up what is the point of today's comic. But as you said "who knows".

Finnish_Line

Two back to back comics about ironic wordplay.

Chris FOM

The season duration always says [start of season]-present month. Last month it read November-March. Which just makes these lapses all the more frustrating, because nobody knows whether things took a day off or if the season is over.

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Commander Zoom

Sounds like it was, in fact, good for his career.

Andy Joe

Aegeri wrote: »

Unfortunately they have managed to do it again with this comic: There is almost no context to put what is happening here in any kind of reasonable order. The only thing I can think of is that maybe these are the people Gywn called to copy Rhymeblade? Are we missing a pair of comics that puts this into perspective?

That seems like a pretty obvious conclusion to me.

michaelkdaw

@Gaslight‌ Thanks for you recommendations the other day.