Anne v. Amanda, the Green Demon of Incompetence

I borrowed the whole idea for Amanda from Dilbert, specifically from Scott Adams' character "Phil, Prince of Insufficient Light and Ruler of Heck." After Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert was probably the strip's strongest influence. Weird, because the closest we ever get to sending one of the characters to work is when Anne has a job interview to botch or I'm hinting that Ava could use some more sleep.

The unnamed girl in this comic is Renee Porter, a character from a World War III story that never got so much as one word written down. She was never seen again in TSA after this particular incident, so a discussion of what she's like isn't really all that important (although you can tell she likes throwing words back in peoples' face. "Try being successful. . . ")

Absolutely nothing, Ava.

I kinda regret the salt joke now. Not enough to remove it, but. . . well. I just wonder if that was really such a great idea. Admittedly, short of declaring Anne insane and indeed finding some sort of medication, that was the only real way I could think of to get rid of Amanda.

She never returned.

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