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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | Following on from [[1032: Networking|his attempts at networking]], [[Beret Guy]], the oddball of the xkcd cast, conducts an interview for a position at his | + | Following on from [[1032: Networking|his attempts at networking]], [[Beret Guy]], the oddball of the xkcd cast, conducts an interview for a programmer position at his mysteriously successful company. |
− | Much like most of Beret Guy's interactions with people, Beret Guy is cheerful and upbeat, yet indicates that he has at best a scrambled understanding of how people in this situation normally act. Because of this, the job interview becomes increasingly bizarre, starting with Beret Guy's assertion that the company headquarters is a "real building [he] found | + | Much like most of Beret Guy's interactions with people, Beret Guy is cheerful and upbeat, yet indicates that he has at best a scrambled understanding of how people in this situation normally act. Because of this, the job interview becomes increasingly bizarre, starting with Beret Guy's assertion that the company headquarters is a "real building [he] found." He says his company makes phone accessories, but then adds, "like apps and stickers," two wildly different products in terms of both production and profitability. He is strangely vague about both the position ("someone to write on our computers") and the salary ("a bunch of paychecks"). Then he mentions ghosts, which is either a powerful disincentive from joining the company, yet another sign that Beret Guy is mentally unsound, or both. |
− | The strip finishes with Beret Guy plugging a cord into | + | The strip finishes with Beret Guy plugging a cord into an electrical outlet clumsily labeled "Soup," which then, implausibly, actually starts dispensing soup. This is clearly not a normal business. |
− | The title text | + | The title text makes reference to the story of [[wikipedia:Job (biblical figure)|Job]] ("Job" pronounced with a long O to rhyme with globe), who was put through some horrendous ordeals by Satan, (with God's permission) to test (or prove) Job's faith. This suggests that taking the job will make the interviewee feel like Job (i.e. the job will be a horrendous ordeal). |
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+ | Another job interview was portrayed in [[1094: Interview]] and [[1088: Five Years]] | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Beret Guy | + | :[Beret Guy ushers a prospective employee into a room.] |
− | :Beret Guy: Welcome to our company! We're headquartered here, in this real building I found | + | :Beret Guy: Welcome to our company! We're headquartered right here, in this real building I found. |
− | :[ | + | :[They sit down at a table carrying dishes. There is a wall outlet with a lopsided sign held up by tape, reading SOUP.] |
− | : | + | :Interviewee: What do you...''do''? |
− | :Beret Guy: We make stuff for phones! Like apps and stickers. | + | :Beret Guy: We make stuff for phones! |
+ | :Beret Guy: Like apps and stickers. | ||
− | + | :Beret Guy: We want to hire you to write stuff on our computers. | |
− | :Beret Guy: We want to hire you to write on our computers. We can offer you a bunch of paychecks! | + | :Beret Guy: We can offer you a bunch of paychecks! |
+ | :Beret Guy: There are ghosts here. | ||
− | : | + | :Interviewee: Are you sure this is a company? |
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:Beret Guy: I hope so! | :Beret Guy: I hope so! | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Beret Guy plugs a cable into the wall outlet, a liquid pours into a soup bowl with the sound "FSHH".] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | ||
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