"Somebody called on the... PHONE!"
April 16, 2015 9:42 AM Subscribe
EXPERIENCE THE VISCERAL BODY CHILLING HORROR OF: VOICEMAIL INSTEAD OF TEXT!
posted by Ferreous at 9:54 AM on April 16, 2015 [22 favorites]
posted by Ferreous at 9:54 AM on April 16, 2015 [22 favorites]
For those of you unfamiliar with The Whelk's prolific output, here are a few of my faves:
How to Make an Aviation: A Cartoon About Booze
posted by maxsparber at 10:00 AM on April 16, 2015 [2 favorites]
How to Make an Aviation: A Cartoon About Booze
posted by maxsparber at 10:00 AM on April 16, 2015 [2 favorites]
The Whelk is also fully awesome.
posted by blurker at 10:01 AM on April 16, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by blurker at 10:01 AM on April 16, 2015 [5 favorites]
The call is coming from inside the phone!
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:03 AM on April 16, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:03 AM on April 16, 2015 [5 favorites]
You couldn't have known. No one could help you. Make sure you don't miss the shocking conclusion of the The UPS Trilogy:
FINAL ATTEMPT
posted by griphus at 10:03 AM on April 16, 2015 [38 favorites]
FINAL ATTEMPT
posted by griphus at 10:03 AM on April 16, 2015 [38 favorites]
Whoah, musta hit a wrong button, as I have additional recommendations:
Scarlett Takes Manhattan
Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book
Vicky Becomes Another Victim of Accessories
posted by maxsparber at 10:05 AM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
Scarlett Takes Manhattan
Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book
Vicky Becomes Another Victim of Accessories
posted by maxsparber at 10:05 AM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
TheWhelk, you are totally the best.
It is one of my tremendous regrets that I left NY before I got to meet Mr Leavitt. I would pay real money, in appropriate amounts, for his work. Everybody should.
posted by shmegegge at 10:11 AM on April 16, 2015 [3 favorites]
It is one of my tremendous regrets that I left NY before I got to meet Mr Leavitt. I would pay real money, in appropriate amounts, for his work. Everybody should.
posted by shmegegge at 10:11 AM on April 16, 2015 [3 favorites]
Heh, and then I just did! Thanks for the amazon links, Max. Scarlett is now en route.
posted by shmegegge at 10:16 AM on April 16, 2015
posted by shmegegge at 10:16 AM on April 16, 2015
I would buy that one about comments if it were a print. I'm just saying . . .
posted by BlueJae at 10:18 AM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by BlueJae at 10:18 AM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
this is hilarous. I can't pick one I like most.
posted by sweetkid at 10:38 AM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by sweetkid at 10:38 AM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
meta: Modern Horror Tales led me to Hot New Trends for 2015, of which the last one is "Broth Viking", which should totally be a metafilter username.
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:01 AM on April 16, 2015
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:01 AM on April 16, 2015
Maybe I should've linked to his back-catalog in the "more inside" section! :)
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:13 AM on April 16, 2015
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:13 AM on April 16, 2015
I'd go more with Broth Goth myself.
The call is coming from inside the phone!
Well, chainsawsuit tops that...
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:16 AM on April 16, 2015
The call is coming from inside the phone!
Well, chainsawsuit tops that...
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:16 AM on April 16, 2015
The Whelk is a true gentleman, and hopefully soon will be too famous to talk to any of us.
Also, the Nib rules. I wish I could pay money to have it delivered to me in paper form every saturday so I could read it and eat 75 bowls of cereal.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:40 AM on April 16, 2015 [8 favorites]
Also, the Nib rules. I wish I could pay money to have it delivered to me in paper form every saturday so I could read it and eat 75 bowls of cereal.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:40 AM on April 16, 2015 [8 favorites]
I'm putting this on my office wall.
One and two are the bane of my work life.
Inbox zero is also impossible because of all of the 'hey have you done this or where is that emails' that could so easily NOT HAVE TO EXIST if we could use some sort of project thingy with messaging like Slack or Trello. Heck I'd even be happy with IM at this point!
I would so love to be able to say "Hey Boss the report you need is done and in the XXX folder on the shared drive" but no, I'm constantly having to make files into PDFS and attaching them to emails. One boss even wants me to phone every time I send a file by email. o.O Then invariably I get a call two days later, hey did you send those files, I can't find them in my inbox. I say yes but usually have to send them again. *sigh* We have a shared drive for a reason people!! lol
Then a lot of the time the files get resaved on the shared drive, in another spot and we have multiple copies. This wouldn't be such a big deal if a lot of the files aren't constantly updated and it's necessary for people to only use current versions.
I'm in the processing of implementing a company wide document control system which will lock a lot of files down.
My horror is having to sort through a completely disorganized shared drive and the process of people having to change their file sharing and saving habits. I found 10 pdf copies of one document the other day. *cries*
So yeah I really hate phones, email and pdfs in my office and love these comics. They are indeed horrors!
posted by Jalliah at 12:50 PM on April 16, 2015 [4 favorites]
One and two are the bane of my work life.
Inbox zero is also impossible because of all of the 'hey have you done this or where is that emails' that could so easily NOT HAVE TO EXIST if we could use some sort of project thingy with messaging like Slack or Trello. Heck I'd even be happy with IM at this point!
I would so love to be able to say "Hey Boss the report you need is done and in the XXX folder on the shared drive" but no, I'm constantly having to make files into PDFS and attaching them to emails. One boss even wants me to phone every time I send a file by email. o.O Then invariably I get a call two days later, hey did you send those files, I can't find them in my inbox. I say yes but usually have to send them again. *sigh* We have a shared drive for a reason people!! lol
Then a lot of the time the files get resaved on the shared drive, in another spot and we have multiple copies. This wouldn't be such a big deal if a lot of the files aren't constantly updated and it's necessary for people to only use current versions.
I'm in the processing of implementing a company wide document control system which will lock a lot of files down.
My horror is having to sort through a completely disorganized shared drive and the process of people having to change their file sharing and saving habits. I found 10 pdf copies of one document the other day. *cries*
So yeah I really hate phones, email and pdfs in my office and love these comics. They are indeed horrors!
posted by Jalliah at 12:50 PM on April 16, 2015 [4 favorites]
Why can't you put a link in the email to the shared drive? Like \\ServerName\SharedFolderName\FileName ?
posted by domo at 1:41 PM on April 16, 2015
posted by domo at 1:41 PM on April 16, 2015
domo: "Why can't you put a link in the email to the shared drive? Like \\ServerName\SharedFolderName\FileName ?
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:tableflip:
posted by boo_radley at 3:30 PM on April 16, 2015 [2 favorites]
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:tableflip:
posted by boo_radley at 3:30 PM on April 16, 2015 [2 favorites]
Why can't you put a link in the email to the shared drive? Like \\ServerName\SharedFolderName\FileName ?
I don't know! You'd think that would be fine. I think that the whole thing is an issue of habit and resistance to change. I've talked about and given examples of other options and the response is very positive but the people that would have to drive that change just don't, even if they've said it would be better.
posted by Jalliah at 3:50 PM on April 16, 2015
I don't know! You'd think that would be fine. I think that the whole thing is an issue of habit and resistance to change. I've talked about and given examples of other options and the response is very positive but the people that would have to drive that change just don't, even if they've said it would be better.
posted by Jalliah at 3:50 PM on April 16, 2015
Why can't you put a link in the email to the shared drive? Like \\ServerName\SharedFolderName\FileName ?
Because Jalliah's boss would still call and ask for the link again.
posted by desjardins at 3:58 PM on April 16, 2015 [5 favorites]
Because Jalliah's boss would still call and ask for the link again.
posted by desjardins at 3:58 PM on April 16, 2015 [5 favorites]
Wait, The Whelk is a real person? I don't know that I like having Metafilter handles turn out to be real people.
posted by old_growler at 9:04 PM on April 16, 2015
posted by old_growler at 9:04 PM on April 16, 2015
You know me, and I am NOT real, so there's that.
posted by Samizdata at 11:05 AM on April 17, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Samizdata at 11:05 AM on April 17, 2015 [2 favorites]
The Orginal pencils for the thing!
As for prints, if there's enough interest in the comments panel I might revive my Etsy account for a limited run.
Thanks everyone!
posted by The Whelk at 11:06 AM on April 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
As for prints, if there's enough interest in the comments panel I might revive my Etsy account for a limited run.
Thanks everyone!
posted by The Whelk at 11:06 AM on April 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Dude, you need to illustrate your duck-cooking method. It's more important than cocktails, and few things are.
posted by houseofdanie at 9:06 AM on April 19, 2015
posted by houseofdanie at 9:06 AM on April 19, 2015
(Um ....hush that might be a thing soon)
posted by The Whelk at 9:44 AM on April 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 9:44 AM on April 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
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