Truth! Being a courier 🚚 is the best job ever…no phones to answer, limited interaction with people in the wild, the only downside is crappy weather and traffic…and I can tolerate both muuuuuuch better than phones or people.
I got a severe lecture from one of my store managers when I was working for a major retail electronics chain.
I'd spent nearly 20 years working at a variety of radio stations, and decided that I'd had enough of the bean counters half my age who knew how to demographics the hell out of an audience, but didn't know crap about the music. And they were telling me what to play.
Mind you, I had a top rated overnight all-call in request show, and NEVER played anything that wasn't requested (unless, of course, it was on the approved playlist).
Anyhow, my new manager decided that using my voice on the complicated digital answering system would be a Very Good Thing, and I was happy to do it.
One night, after the store was closed, and the phones were allegedly set to the "night" setting, the phone on my service desk rang. My co-workers were gathered around as we did our last hurrah. I picked up the phone and said, without missing a beat, "Thank you for calling our store. Our business hours are between 9am and 9pm, Monday through Saturday, and 11am to 7pm on Sundays. Please call back during store hours to have your questions addressed," and hung up. Riotous applause and laughter from my co-workers.
A few seconds later, the closing manager came storming around the corner and started trying to rip strips off of me for "ignoring her calls." All of us stood there looking innocent, and she got even angrier. "Why did you do that, anyways?"
"We want to go home. We're almost 15 minutes late getting out of here, because you didn't want to chase customers out at closing time, and we're not allowed to clean while customers are in the store. Do you want to pay us all for the overtime?" She looked at me, snorted, and said "All I was going to tell you was to just generally straighten things, and do the cleaning in the morning."
And now, maybe you can understand why I want to marry Tabby.
That was hilarious. A call in radio show seems like a really cool gig. It’s amazing how seemingly fun jobs can be spoiled by the same types of people that spoil any other job.
It drove me crazy. The 22 year old kid with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration would come in with spreadsheets and notebooks, and tell me that I shouldn't be playing the stuff that people are REQUESTING.
I'd have tape recordings, because one of my gigs was playing back the phoned in request before I played about 2/3 of the requests, and the darned kid would still INSIST that the target audience didn't want to hear it.
Forget the fact that my ratings were the highest of ALL of the DJs in town. It didn't fit their pre-concieved world view. And what most of them knew about music could be inscribed on the head of a pin with a blowtorch.
People with spreadsheets are hard to argue with. It’s an effective prop.
I’ve also had to communicate with a guy over the phone operating one of those 10 key calculators that prints off receipts. It’s impossible to argue with the sound of one of those. I would suggest something and I’d hear a lot of clacking and the issuing of paper. “No, no, we simply can’t afford that.”
Love these! As a side note, when I type “livestreaming cats” into the YouTube search bar, quite a few come up, but none in a grocery store. Someone needs to fill this niche 🐈🐈⬛
This was a fun distraction as I prepare to be buried under 2 feet of snow. I especially liked the Jeff Dunham reference, assuming it was Jeff Dunham reference. If not, I liked it anyway.
That is awesome. Jeff is a great guy. He really paid his dues to be where he is now. When he came up with Achmed, it really put him on the map. After toiling away for over 20 years to only moderate success, the phrase “I Keel you!” made him a sensation. He is great to see live.
But if people weren’t looking at real cats, they probably would be looking at cats on their phones! Or Owls (me), or Frogs (me), or Kukaburras, me. I’m sure we’d look at live ones if they were under the counter. And/Or Bearded Dragons! 🦉
I thought "Frank Pocker" was an underhanded joke. Transposed first letters. Probably just me though...
It's not just you now!
I hate interacting with people.
It's really easy being a courier, I sometimes pretend I can't speak English to save the effort of talking to clients...
Truth! Being a courier 🚚 is the best job ever…no phones to answer, limited interaction with people in the wild, the only downside is crappy weather and traffic…and I can tolerate both muuuuuuch better than phones or people.
I got a severe lecture from one of my store managers when I was working for a major retail electronics chain.
I'd spent nearly 20 years working at a variety of radio stations, and decided that I'd had enough of the bean counters half my age who knew how to demographics the hell out of an audience, but didn't know crap about the music. And they were telling me what to play.
Mind you, I had a top rated overnight all-call in request show, and NEVER played anything that wasn't requested (unless, of course, it was on the approved playlist).
Anyhow, my new manager decided that using my voice on the complicated digital answering system would be a Very Good Thing, and I was happy to do it.
One night, after the store was closed, and the phones were allegedly set to the "night" setting, the phone on my service desk rang. My co-workers were gathered around as we did our last hurrah. I picked up the phone and said, without missing a beat, "Thank you for calling our store. Our business hours are between 9am and 9pm, Monday through Saturday, and 11am to 7pm on Sundays. Please call back during store hours to have your questions addressed," and hung up. Riotous applause and laughter from my co-workers.
A few seconds later, the closing manager came storming around the corner and started trying to rip strips off of me for "ignoring her calls." All of us stood there looking innocent, and she got even angrier. "Why did you do that, anyways?"
"We want to go home. We're almost 15 minutes late getting out of here, because you didn't want to chase customers out at closing time, and we're not allowed to clean while customers are in the store. Do you want to pay us all for the overtime?" She looked at me, snorted, and said "All I was going to tell you was to just generally straighten things, and do the cleaning in the morning."
And now, maybe you can understand why I want to marry Tabby.
That was hilarious. A call in radio show seems like a really cool gig. It’s amazing how seemingly fun jobs can be spoiled by the same types of people that spoil any other job.
It drove me crazy. The 22 year old kid with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration would come in with spreadsheets and notebooks, and tell me that I shouldn't be playing the stuff that people are REQUESTING.
I'd have tape recordings, because one of my gigs was playing back the phoned in request before I played about 2/3 of the requests, and the darned kid would still INSIST that the target audience didn't want to hear it.
Forget the fact that my ratings were the highest of ALL of the DJs in town. It didn't fit their pre-concieved world view. And what most of them knew about music could be inscribed on the head of a pin with a blowtorch.
People with spreadsheets are hard to argue with. It’s an effective prop.
I’ve also had to communicate with a guy over the phone operating one of those 10 key calculators that prints off receipts. It’s impossible to argue with the sound of one of those. I would suggest something and I’d hear a lot of clacking and the issuing of paper. “No, no, we simply can’t afford that.”
The calculator had spoken.
Yeah, there’s a story there, but this isn’t the place for it. Let’s just say I ended up teaching the kid about how the Real World works.
The only thing worse than being a team player are team building exercises. Got to Love a forced kumbaya.
Love these! As a side note, when I type “livestreaming cats” into the YouTube search bar, quite a few come up, but none in a grocery store. Someone needs to fill this niche 🐈🐈⬛
The cat was a nice twist. 😂
Your comics always bring a smile to my face and make me grateful that I never worked in retail.
I especially liked the April cartoon re: the secret to a happy life.
I was torn between 'For the right money' and 'Go Team ME'. Since I'm retired, I went the later.
> There’s only one way to interpret “Step One: Push The Red Button”.
Okay, I’ve taken one step back. Now I can’t reach the button. What do I do?
Cat live streaming made me think of something a wee bit different. I saw a puddle forming under the counter.
This was a fun distraction as I prepare to be buried under 2 feet of snow. I especially liked the Jeff Dunham reference, assuming it was Jeff Dunham reference. If not, I liked it anyway.
I remember looking up Jeff Dunham, because readers asked me that when this strip first ran. I had never seen his act before. Happy coincidence.
That is awesome. Jeff is a great guy. He really paid his dues to be where he is now. When he came up with Achmed, it really put him on the map. After toiling away for over 20 years to only moderate success, the phrase “I Keel you!” made him a sensation. He is great to see live.
Love the call-out to Achmed the dead terrorist.
Mine was inspired by a Robert Klein bit from one of his comedy albums. If I remember correctly, his “I’ll keel you” guy was a short order cook.
Frank Pocker: Biggest smile I've ever seen on Tabby. <3
I also love how Tabby produces a bucket of popcorn to enjoy the show.
Her popcorn producing ability is her superpower.
BS"D
Live-streaming cat! i was wondering when that would happen!
But if people weren’t looking at real cats, they probably would be looking at cats on their phones! Or Owls (me), or Frogs (me), or Kukaburras, me. I’m sure we’d look at live ones if they were under the counter. And/Or Bearded Dragons! 🦉
I think a frog would be the cat’s biggest competition as a portable device.
And/or Bearded Dragons!