Caption:
Civil Service History: On Oct. 12, 1979 (Columbus Day), government employee George Sullivan goes in to work for a couple of hours to, in his own words, “take care of some unfinished business.”
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U.S. DEPARTMENT of TrXXXXXX
Caption:
Civil Service History: On Oct. 12, 1979 (Columbus Day), government employee George Sullivan goes in to work for a couple of hours to, in his own words, “take care of some unfinished business.”
Alt text:
U.S. DEPARTMENT of TrXXXXXX
I think it’s a joke about government workers not wanting to put in extra effort. This employee cares about his job unlike every other one. Kind of a weird joke for The Far Side, though