Close to Home by John McPherson for May 19, 2023

affirmative action fails Simpkins!

The last IBM employee

Simpkins wore clothes on casual Friday?

Tin man never got a real heart…

I guess they’re no longer calling it Human Resources??

Does he need to prove he’s not a robot

His job is to respond to all the “I am not a robot” captcha’s for the other employees.

Ah, I see The Singularity has arrived.

I just don’t see how we are going to be controlled by machines that can be ruined with liquids. So go ahead… take over.

… we have all the water!

Simpkin’s “I” is not “A” enough for him to fit in.

The last man standing! Where’s the whiskey bottle?

Note that the robot at the desk to his right seems happy that Simpkins is in trouble.

Bleeb, go elsewhere. There is nothing here worth observing.

It is his fault for not trying to fit in. Why should he have coffee instead of WD-40 in the morning?

Some telecommunications company is gonna layoff 55,000 and replace them with AI!!

Don’t say you’re “getting canned” it might be someone’s cousin

Not only is this happening, but what will people do when replaced?

He’s being demoted to oil can distributor.

Unfortunately, Simpkins passed his Voight-Kampff test.

?

But they’ll give him a toaster…

Don’t worry dude. The boss just needs a little lube.

You’ve been “Terminated”.

When do we start the Butlerian Jihad?

Loosen the screws on the bosses wheels…

Probably wondering why simpkins hasn’t “assimilated” yet

I knew our small company was in bad shape. All I could do is tell the new intern to keep his resume in circulation. It was only a couple a weeks before I heard him summoned to the office and afterward we shook hands good-bye.

A few minutes later, I was called to the office …

Never so happy to be laid off in my life.

Shirley he saw it coming.

Looks like Artificial Intelligence on steroids in that office. Could be our future if we aren’t careful.

Take bleeb with you Simpkins. He might be able to ease the pain a bit.

Racism! Abominable!

That’s alright, Bleeb’s got your back.

Now that is real funny, got a good laugh, a great double entendre…

Who’s the little yellow flea-like character on floor by Simpkins desk?…

I don’t recall the actual title, but Allan Sherman had a song about automation involving office romance, Maybe this will involve automation and pink slips.

What’s sad is that he’s going to go home and find that his wife bought one, too.