I’ve Tried Everything To Find New Workers!
October 17th, 2021 Barry Posted in Barry's favorites, Economic cartoons, Labor rights & Unions | No Comments »
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon is four panels long. Each panel shows the same prosperous-looking middle-aged white man, wearing a suit and tie, walking on city sidewalks and talking loudly into his cell phone.
There’s an additional tiny “kicker” panel below the bottom of the comic.
PANEL 1
Necktie man is talking into his cell phone with an aggrieved expression. He’s walking pass an annoyed-looking young guy leaning against a wall. The young guy is wearing a backwards baseball cap, glasses, and a tank top, and he’s speaking to necktie man. Necktie man gives no sign of having heard.
NECKTIE: I’ve tried everything to find new workers! I’ve gone to job fairs… Offered them tee-shirts for applying…
WALL LEANER: Did you offer higher wages?
PANEL 2
Necktie dude is now in a different area, still looking aggrieved and talking loudly into his phone. On the street next to the sidewalk, a blonde woman on a bike, wearing a red bike helmet and a blue hoodie, talks to Necktie as she passes him.
NECKTIE: I can’t fill these jobs! I even got the government to throw people off unemployment… Nothing works!
BIKER: Have you tried offering higher wages?
PANEL 3
Necktie walks past a little girl playing hopscotch on the same sidewalk. The girl is wearing a purple skirt with puffy tool at the bottom, and a sleeveless tee with a pattern of red spirals.
NECKTIE: I’m offering unpredictable schedules, minimal benefits and $9 an hour! And they still don’t want my jobs?
LITTLE GIRL: You should offer higher wages.
PANEL 4
Necktie dude walks past a couple of casually-dressed protestors. The first protestor is holding a large sign that says “HIGHER,” and the second protestor has a large sign that says “WAGES.”
NECKTIE: I’ve tried everything. They just don’t want to work!
NECKTIE: Hello, governor? Can we arrest people for being unemployed?
TINY KICKER PANEL UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE STRIP
Necktie dude, still looking grumpy, is talking at Barry the cartoonist.
NECKTIE: I’d love to pay higher wages, but we don’t have the money! I had to get by on only a $38 million salary this year!
