Steward tried to claim that the firing was wrong, and that he deserved unemployment pay, but the casino disagreed. Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams tried to come to Steward’s aid. “Most Dilbert comics don’t come right out and call management a bunch of drunken lemurs,” Adams said. “So I can see how this one might have been a tad over the line.” Adams also said that Steward’s dismissal might be the first confirmed instance of a worker being fired for posting a Dilbert stip. Adams published a follow-up comic: