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Official Email

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Kind regards, your administrative anxiety.

Anne Koch

— 1 min read
Three-panel comic about official correspondence. In panel one, under the heading “How it feels to receive an official email,” an anxious woman in a pink hat sits at her laptop with her wrists chained together as if arrested. Panel two, headed “How the email actually is,” shows a harmless message about a summer break and a few kind corporate words. Panel three reads “Meanwhile in Germany” and shows a cheerful, personified paper envelope saying, “You did not really think you would get an email, did you?”

Transcript

Transcript

Panel 1 heading: “HOW IT FEELS TO RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL EMAIL.” An anxious person sits at a laptop with their wrists chained. Panel 2 heading: “HOW THE EMAIL ACTUALLY IS.” The email reads, “DEAR SIR OR MADAM, SOMETHING ABOUT A SUMMER BREAK AND A FEW KIND WORDS IN CORPORATE. SINCERELY, YOUR OFFICIAL AUTHORITY.” Panel 3 heading: “MEANWHILE IN GERMANY.” A personified envelope says, “YOU DID NOT REALLY THINK YOU WOULD GET AN EMAIL, DID YOU?”

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