I Made a Bomb at Work

Text on the meme

KNOW THE WORK RULES APPROPRIATE i made a bomb AWWW,YOU'RE SWEET. INAPPROPRIATE i made a bomb HELLO, HUMAN RESOURCES?!

What it means

A two-panel workplace comic contrasts a clean-cut man casually saying “i made a bomb,” which a coworker interprets as something sweet, with a scruffy man saying the same thing and immediately triggering a human-resources call. The joke is that identical words receive completely different reactions based on the speaker’s appearance and perceived respectability. EN: A two-panel workplace comic contrasts a clean-cut man casually saying “i made a bomb,” which a coworker interprets as something sweet, with a scruffy man saying the same thing and immediately triggering a human-resources call. The joke is that identical words receive completely different reactions based on the speaker’s appearance and perceived respectability.

Objects

clean-cut man / опрятный мужчина scruffy man / небритый мужчина woman office worker / женщина-офисный работник gray suit / серый костюм purple sweater / фиолетовый свитер yellow tie / жёлтый галстук office desk / офисный стол computer monitor / компьютерный монитор keyboard / клавиатура telephone receiver / телефонная трубка red heart / красное сердце office chair / офисный стул brown belt / коричневый ремень beard / борода comic panels / панели комикса