The character in the center is a portrait of me at my last job, which ended in a layoff for me. Midway through my tenure there, my job changed from a production person who could give generalized estimates to a bean counter, which I was ill-equipped to be. I had always been a creative production type, not an accountant, budget minded employee. I could give general estimates which was all that had been required for my early days in the job. Later I was required to give detailed estimates. I was a failure at this. I cannot balance my own check book, folks.
Anyway, this Dilbert makes me glad that I was laid off without having to worry about being laid off. If I had not been in the first round of downsizing, I would have probably worried myself to death. Even with Excel, I would not have been able to add 2 + 2.
This cartoon is very healing for me. Hmm, maybe I should start learning street-mime. I would probably be good at that, and it would not involve an Excel sheet.
