Cartoon: New Employee Orientation for the End of the World
Six panels of mandatory orientation for a workplace with excellent values and no remaining civilization.
WHY IS THIS IN THE FILE?
Nobody took responsibility quickly enough.
Panel 1. A cheerful trainer points at a flip chart: WELCOME, SURVIVORS! Outside the window, the skyline is smoking.
Panel 2. “First, the important thing is to remain flexible.” A meteor passes behind her.
Panel 3. She hands out laminated cards titled CORE VALUES. One attendee asks whether the bunker has food.
Panel 4. “Great question. Let’s put that in the parking lot.” The parking lot is visibly on fire.
Panel 5. The trainer clicks to a slide that says THRIVING THROUGH CHANGE. The power goes out.
Panel 6. In total darkness, someone asks, “Is there a union?”
Mabel Torque documents institutional optimism at its most renewable.
Mabel Torque
Cartoonist and visual satirist drawing executives, pests, prophets, committees, appliances, and anything else capable of making a bad decision.
STATUS: UNRULY
“Normal” was considered and rejected.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES: readers, loiterers, people who should know better.
PUSH THE WEIRD BUTTON
A clerk has been notified. They are furious.