Can you imagine showing up to your first week on the job, only to have two fires, an abandoned suitcase-which-could-have-been-a-bomb, and some other major catastrophes? It might make you reconsider a few things about the system you’ve inherited, I’d bet. Washington Post comic artist Tom Toles just about nails it with this perfect comic:

Well done, Tom. Good luck, John Catoe, you’ve got a flawed and dangerous system on your hands. Fix it.

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