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Evil Mastermind posted:Although my boss at the time would slot pretty well into the Retail-verse; he'd do things like open the store half-and-hour to an hour late, then adjust the system time on the computer we used to "punch in" so it'd look like he was on time. Despite the fact that the mall management would notice that the store was opening an hour late and report that to the DM. And he managed to do this more than once? And keep his job?
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^^^^^^^^ Yeah, really. All it takes is a couple corroborating narcs from customers to sink that ship. ^^^^^^^^^Midnight Moth posted:I did live through the "retail experience". I worked as a pharmacy cashier at a high volume CVS and pretty much rang up customers non stop through my whole shift. There was no downtime. So when I see some jackass like Cooper screwing around on the roof or building box robots on his shift and even getting promoted for it, it pisses me off. Evil Mastermind posted:See, when I was at the video game store, we had a different kind of "no downtime" since we weren't tied to the register. So if there were no customers then you had to fix displays/price things/etc. I worked retail in a bakery in a mall, then floor sales in a bike shop, and then I worked counter in a video store (before the days of Blockbuster). Honestly, as long as the stores weren't busy, or we talked one of the other sales-folk to cover for us, we found plenty of time to gently caress off and get away with it. But yes unlike Midnight Moth, I was never "tied to a register". Plus, I started my IT career at the video store (I wrote their POS system in from scratch in RPG II), so there were multiple excuses I could use to get me out back to smoke. "Hey, I'm going back to check on the server", "Hey, there's some weird network traffic I gotta look at, brb", and the classic "It's compiling"... Aardmania posted:9 Chickweed Lane In my opinion, Brooke does alright on the cat themed strips. This "kittenity" thing is kind of dumb though. I mean, why not just apply these to Solange instead of a new cat?
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EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean Ok, I'll be the one to ask. Why is his cat talking to him? And why hasn't he checked himself into a psych ward in response?
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Mr. Noseybonk posted:And he managed to do this more than once? And keep his job? Because not only were the mall managers telling the district manager, not only were customers calling the main office and asking why the store was closed or opening an hour late, he was also changing the system clock on the POS computers that we also used to clock in and out. Unfortunately (for him) he didn't realize that the system logged (internally and on paper) any system changes. So there was an official audit and there were a lot of daily logs that started like this: code:
You would not believe some of the stories (good and bad) I have about that place. They make Retail look tame. BlankIsBeautiful posted:I worked retail in a bakery in a mall, then floor sales in a bike shop, and then I worked counter in a video store (before the days of Blockbuster). Honestly, as long as the stores weren't busy, or we talked one of the other sales-folk to cover for us, we found plenty of time to gently caress off and get away with it.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:Ok, I'll be the one to ask. Don't worry, his cat isn't talking to him. It's entirely imaginary.
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Bloom County :penguinlust: Calvin And Hobbes Wilbur's
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Stultus Maximus posted:Don't worry, his cat isn't talking to him. It's entirely imaginary. The cat is supposed to be the living embodiment of depression. Of course so is everything else in this strip, so you weren't to know.
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Darthemed posted:Wilbur's Oh, now that's just bullshit. Open faced sandwiches count and I'll be damned if I let anybody tell me differently.
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A hot dog is a sandwich, Boston can get bent.
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Mr. Maltose posted:A hot dog is a sandwich, Boston can get bent. The case was specifically whether or not burritos are sandwiches.
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Darthemed posted:Bloom County I've always liked these two strips.
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Comics (April 18th 2007) La Cucaracha Doonesbury The Duplex F-Minus Non Sequitur --- Eyebeam (March 16th 1983) It's All Right Chief Dharma (October 13th 2009)
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Hoover Dam posted:The case was specifically whether or not burritos are sandwiches. Well that's stupid. You don't need an absolutely strict definition of what makes a sandwich, you can just say that a burrito is culturally distinct enough to not count. Six Chix Zippy the Pinhead Nancy Arlo and Janis Wee Pals Andertoons Lost Side of Suburbia Zachary Nixon Johnson Dick Tracy Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz Something tells me the author doesn't know anything about computers, either.
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# ? May 21, 2014 03:17 |
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Wanamingo posted:Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz This strip is a glorious disaster.
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Darthemed posted:Wilbur's Remember this one everybody. You'll need it to solve an inspector danger quiz next week. Wanamingo posted:
While I have heard stories, I myself, and zero of the lefties I know put the mouse on the left side. Dr. Dos fucked around with this message at 03:42 on May 21, 2014 |
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Dr. Dos posted:While I have heard stories, I myself, and zero of the lefties I know put the mouse on the left side. I'm right-handed and use a left-handed mouse. On the left side.
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Wanamingo posted:Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz
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Wanamingo posted:Oh, now that's just bullshit. Open faced sandwiches count and I'll be damned if I let anybody tell me differently. It'll be a cold day in hell before I recognize a "sandwich" you have to each with a knife and fork as a sandwich. Wanamingo posted:Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz Oh my. This strip is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
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Wanamingo posted:Lost Side of Suburbia archy!
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Wanamingo posted:Lost Side of Suburbia I was wondering if the typewriting cockroach earlier was an archy and mehitabel reference. Nice to see it confirmed.
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Has Inspector Danger always been so ridiculously terrible or is it one of those things that started out good but ran too long?
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Either the first or second one somebody posted, another goon genuinely believed it was an edit. More than one I'd bet, given that the original even had the typo too.
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I'm surprised nobody commented on the fact that the mouse is plugged into the keyboard.CaptainCaveman posted:Has Inspector Danger always been so ridiculously terrible or is it one of those things that started out good but ran too long? Don't know when it started but, the strips I'm posting are from 2011, the beginning of the Gocomics archive.
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Wanamingo posted:I'm surprised nobody commented on the fact that the mouse is plugged into the keyboard.
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Wanamingo posted:I'm surprised nobody commented on the fact that the mouse is plugged into the keyboard. Macs from a few years back had keyboards with usb ports in them on both sides.
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Kismet posted:archy! Yeah, me too, but I was waiting a bit to see if it was a fershure or not. There's Milqtoast too, but I don't think that conjunction with this strip would work.
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Wanamingo posted:Lost Side of Suburbia
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Scary Gary Since I'm only carrying this until Drimble Wedge comes back, I was thinking of posting Over the Hedge and whatever Go Comics throws up of Cow and Boy as well for the long-term (or until I get tired of it). Any objections? I know Over the Hedge doesn't have the greatest jokes, but I do kinda like the stylized art, and Cow and Boy always makes me laugh even if the art is somewhat static, so it'd balance out in a weird way.
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Wanamingo posted:Six Chix They literally just graduated and are asking that question? Give it several months. Evil Mastermind posted:Yeah, it's a different situation when you'are a general "sales clerk" versus a cashier. Midnight Moth fucked around with this message at 06:30 on May 21, 2014 |
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F Minus Mary Worth Is he excited now or is he being sarcastic? Rex Morgan MD
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With this first taste of nepotism, Tommy won't rest until he hops strips over to Judge Parker.
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Wanamingo posted:Arlo and Janis Johnny Walker posted:Mary Worth Baldo Beetle Bailey He's not questioning the fact that she's been to the moon, he's just wondering when it happened. Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz I actually managed to figure this one out without reading the solution, but I do love the fact that it requires that none of them have any savings whatsoever. And apparently they get paid monthly. And the thief just withdrew the stolen money and has been holding onto $200,000 in cash.
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Tiggum posted:She's taking a bath, of course the door's locked. Why would it not be? Because they live by themselves and have been married for decades? That's a stupid question.
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Anybody have that Nemi where she's gagging over her boyfriend drinking milk straight from the carton after three panels of hot and heavy petting?
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Wanamingo posted:Because they live by themselves and have been married for decades? That's a stupid question.
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Tiggum posted:I don't even know how to respond to this. How is that even relevant? She's in the bath and doesn't want to be disturbed so she locked the door. That's just a normal, reasonable thing to do no matter who it is you live with. What good would it even do him to get in there? That depends on how many bathrooms they have and/or if it's combined with the toilet. There are a lot of legitimate uses for a bathroom, some of them can't exactly 20min for someone to finish their bath. If you don't want anyone to see you, the shower curtain works even while bathing.
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Tiggum posted:What good would it even do him to get in there? Well, sometimes when a man really likes a woman...
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Tiggum posted:I don't even know how to respond to this. How is that even relevant? She's in the bath and doesn't want to be disturbed so she locked the door. That's just a normal, reasonable thing to do no matter who it is you live with. What good would it even do him to get in there? I was being harsh there, but it's Arlo and Janis. He's coming in there with a big ol' smile on his face, I'm sure you can figure it out. A closed door is already enough to show you want privacy, you'd only be locking it if you don't want somebody to walk in and see you.
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Tiggum posted:What good would it even do him to get in there?
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Some Guy TT posted:Anybody have that Nemi where she's gagging over her boyfriend drinking milk straight from the carton after three panels of hot and heavy petting? 11/1/2013 I've been saving them all... Jane's World Uh oh. Non Sequitur Whatever. Heavenly Nostrils is back in the game, so here are two. Bernard continues Monday's theme in today's Kliban Pretty sure liver is tops on my most detested food list. If I'm on the same block as someone cooking it, I'll gag. 9 Chickweed Lane 5/21/2003 This perspective makes my brain hurt. Are we looking through a glass floor or something? Zits "Well son, when you start paying the bills...." Kevin & Kell Nemi is yesterday's. So, what's the UK's "ooo day off party theme" today?
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