Boardroom Meeting Suggestion
Boss asks for ideas. First two employees give safe, corporate suggestions. Third employee suggests something logical or consumer-friendly and gets thrown out the window. Used to satirize bad corporate decisions and disconnect from reality.
Dimensions: 500 × 649px
Format: 4-panel boardroom suggestion
📖 Origin Story
Source: Hejibits webcomic "Outlook Oust"
Creator: Jake Clark (webcomic artist)
First appeared: Hejibits, December 24, 2012
A comic showing a boardroom meeting where an executive asks for ideas. First two employees give corporate-safe answers, then a third employee is thrown out the window for suggesting something sensible. Became a viral format for satirizing corporate decision-making in January 2013.
🎯 How to Use This Template
Boss asks for ideas. First two employees give safe, corporate suggestions. Third employee suggests something logical or consumer-friendly and gets thrown out the window. Used to satirize bad corporate decisions and disconnect from reality.
Pro Tips:
- 💡First two suggestions should be typical corporate nonsense
- 💡Third suggestion should be actually good but inconvenient for the company
- 💡The window-throwing emphasizes rejection of good ideas
- 💡Works best for calling out industry-specific stupidity
😂 Example Ideas
Boss: "How do we improve user experience?" / Employee 1: "More ads" / Employee 2: "Remove features" / Employee 3: "Listen to user feedback" [thrown out window]
Boss: "How to make streaming better?" / Employee 1: "Raise prices" / Employee 2: "Split content across 50 services" / Employee 3: "Make everything available on one platform" [defenestrated]
Boss: "How to reduce bugs?" / Employee 1: "Ship faster" / Employee 2: "Blame the users" / Employee 3: "Actually test the code" [tossed]
💡 Did You Know?
- •The original comic was about Nintendo's Wii U console confusing decisions
- •Over 100 variations were created in a single 4chan thread in January 2013
- •An "extended version" where the boss actually accepts the suggestion was created in 2019
