BtwnClicks

Critical Priority

#8
A developer complains that a client says everything is critically urgent, reasons that if everything is top priority then nothing is, and concludes he has higher priority clients — then is shown playing solitaire, declaring the ace was critical.
Transcript

Panel 1: [Developer at laptop, holding coffee, looking exasperated] "Client says everything is critically urgent. ALL of it. Top priority across the board."

Panel 2: [Arms crossed, reasoning it out] "Cool. So... all of them. Which means... none of them. Which means... I have higher priority clients."

Panel 3: [Playing solitaire on his laptop] "This ace was critical."