I run a comic strip in my tiny office cubicle, as I used to do back in college days. On one hand, it is a simple way of pointing at the idiocy that happens around all of us corporate slaves, day in and day out. When it carries a disclaimer as follows, there are no immediate consequences to be faced for being so direct (I am not sure about my year end appraisal though :)
F The objective of this comic strip is to help break monotony of workplace with use of humor in good faith
F Sarcasm in the cartoon strip is not directed personally
F Any resemblance to real people or situations is entirely a work of reader’s imagination
F If you find any content offensive or repulsively boring, please report.
On the other hand, it brings smile to the victims of corporate whims and infuses a little bit of life in otherwise dull routine (or so am I made to believe by my colleagues). People see the posts on my comic strip and they say Oh Dilbert!. Well, I will not be ungrateful, it was Dilbert, who introduced me to the idea. However every experience we have in office life, is so unique that its not possible for Scott Adams to capture all of that. There is so much inspiration spread around from cubicles to boardrooms that Dilbert alone is not enough :). With this assumption I decided to share my pain of surviving corporate slavery in a joyful manner through this comic strip blog.
The current theme that is running in my office cubicle is Contemporary Management Styles and so is my opening theme for this blog. Keep following if you find this worthwhile!!
So true, Himanshu. As you say there is no dearth for inspiration around, and you have rightly captured some of those moments!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Minu!
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