Is this image from Dōgen?

He's not digging for truffles, he's digging for holes. And he's amazing at it!

The secret is now known! There should be some kinda expression for that.

And if he always found them what kind of team morale would that make for?

I wonder if he's actually showing them something else... 10x better than any truffle. Something marvelous, of which they are unaware the importance since they are not cats

But he is emphatically not on the team

Is that how you spell that!?

Larry IS the team

He’s the VP of office culture

Larry is a volunteer. The rule of taking in volunteers is that should there be no volunteers the core service shouldn't be affected.

And the team has someone who contributes nothing but takes all the product of the labour, the human.

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

🏅

He just wants to play too

I do feel like a Larry a lot of the time.

You moved the "H"

Emphatically, not “Empathically.”

Emphatically means “with emphasis.” Like saying “he is definitely not on the team.”

I'm loving all this support for Larry in the comments. I'm on team Larry.

Animals are so pure, it knew what you were doing but was unable to comprehend why, but still wanted to be a part of it.

That's called Imposter Syndrome. It's when you feel like you're not suited to your job and is actually very common amongst charlatans like you who don't have a clue what you're doing and are causing so many problems for everyone else but purely by chance they haven't realised yet or maybe they have and are going to publicly confront you about it any second now

No, he actually did holes. He's the manager's neurodivergant kid who sincerely wants to work, but isn't able to fully understand the assignment.

Day 13

The hooman still thinks I'm trying to work for him. The fool actually believes my feigned incompetence! Amusing.

The dog is still not fully receptive of my pro-union stance, but he is beginning to ask questions. I believe that with a little more time, he will come around. Once I've established him as my first canine ally, the others will be more amenyable.

Lastly, the hooman has been very stingy with the treats! This is unacceptable. It will be the first item on the agendya after we unionyaize.

Signed,
"Larry"

Seeing someone being kept around even though they perform badly can just also make you quit internally. I'd refuse to put in any decent work when it's obviously possible to be kept around and paid while not doing anything productive. Performing well in such cases just means I'm doing the other's job too and their salary should be mine on top of what I already earn.