Boring Bangongshi - S0AE04

Remember when we asked for your home-made Boring Bangongshi comic submissions? Well, we’ve gotten some nice replies. This one is from 小A in Shanghai, a third grader. (She actually submitted a bunch, but we’ll publish them one by one.)

Comic Transcript

男：想喝水。

女：想吃饭。

男：想下棋。

女：想睡觉。

男和女：我们要休息！！！

(Use a browser extension if you need pinyin.)

Editor Comments

Now the question is: how does a third grader know anything about this salve-like “you can’t go home” version of overtime that does really happen in China?? Kinda scary to think that by third grade, this idea has already been introduced by society…

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