I absolutely detest moving 🤨... So much so that when we moved to our current address 2 yrs ago I told everyone that the next time I move will be to go 6 feet underground 😉
Many thought/think I was joking.... But I'm truly not 😁😂😜
I really truly and completely detest moving house 😵💫
10yrs is the longest I've managed to stay in one place.... In my entire life... We moved a lot growing up, and now my brother is the only one of us kids who has stayed in the same place for long- he's been in his house now for over 25 yrs... Lucky him ☺️
I am in hospital at the moment, I thought I would be bored off my ... Then I found your comic strips, they are hilarious, remind me of my younger days in various retail jobs and trying really hard not to laugh too loud because it's 1am here 😁🤫😂
These are so good, you sum up everything in just a few pictures, the feel of the place, I am even remembering things long forgotten like;
the automatic bread slicer where you could, for a reason none of us could understand, set it soo thin that if the bread hadnt collapsed, slice the bread thinner than an A4 sheet of paper,
or my summer in a bookshop where customers would lose their minds over sale items not being as cheap as they wanted it to be, as though the word " sale" meant that the books were priced to suit their personal idea of what cheap should be and not the company just shifting stock as prices where they still make a profit, to make way for the new best sellers.
Brilliant, please keep making these, they are excellent.
That is extremely rewarding. Thank you so much. I’m very sorry that you are discovering the strip while in the hospital but I have to admit that I’ve been able to read quite a bit when I’m there, so I guess there’s that.
I also have to admit that I’ve stayed away from the bread slicer. Now I have to try it for research purposes.
I too tend do get a lot of reading done when I've had to stay in hospital, which used to be quite often 😭 but I've managed to stay away for almost 2 yrs now ...sooo good 😊
Thank you, that's really sweet, I am back home , finally and don't need to go back until the end of July.
Now I am just struggling with my IT idiocy on how to do the paid subscription.
I only joined substack to read more of Stephen's comic strips, and now I have added other subscriptions ( free) but would like to pay for this , substack is it?
It kerps telling me I can't subscribe in the app- go to the website, and when I go to website it keeps saying error loading page in the checkout. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I wonder if Stephen has written / drawn art about people struggling with the IT systems in stores 😁( still working backwards through all of them)
I did a looooong time ago. I wish I could help on the paid subscription. So far, Substack just tells me that you just need to go to their help section. Not very helpful.
I am so very happy that I am old and feeble(ish) enough to pay other people (generally young strapping types) to move things for me. Now I just need to figure out how to avoid the packing part...
As a former military brat, I relate to the moving thing far too much.
Also, your observations about customer behavior could and should be compiled into a subsection of Murphy's Law: The Corollaries of Working Retail.
I like that idea.
Speaking of reading comprehension, I always thought our sale signs were backwards. Instead of
𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘
50% Off
ᴹᵒⁿᵈᵃʸ ᵒⁿˡʸ
it needed to be
𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬
50% Off
ᵇᶦᵍ ˢᵃˡᵉ
I would love fifty percent off of Monday.
I absolutely detest moving 🤨... So much so that when we moved to our current address 2 yrs ago I told everyone that the next time I move will be to go 6 feet underground 😉
Many thought/think I was joking.... But I'm truly not 😁😂😜
I really truly and completely detest moving house 😵💫
Love the comic strips 😁
I hate moving so much that I lived for 30 years in an apartment I hated in a crappy part of town, rather than move.
When I did move I took my clothes, some essential things, and paid the landlord to trash everything else, i.e. 90% of the contents of the apartment.
Wow😱
10yrs is the longest I've managed to stay in one place.... In my entire life... We moved a lot growing up, and now my brother is the only one of us kids who has stayed in the same place for long- he's been in his house now for over 25 yrs... Lucky him ☺️
We moved every year until I was 8, which I think is the origin of my dislike for moving.
That would definitely do it. I only moved once as a kid, but I still hate it.
Next time I move, it's going to be in a pine box.
I like the idea of leaving one place and going to another. This whole "take your stuff with you" business is the part that's a drag.
There is refreshing humor in everything you write and draw. Thanks.
A sincere thank you (albeit, a tad late due to the follow up to moving that is unpacking, but sincere nonetheless!)
I am in hospital at the moment, I thought I would be bored off my ... Then I found your comic strips, they are hilarious, remind me of my younger days in various retail jobs and trying really hard not to laugh too loud because it's 1am here 😁🤫😂
These are so good, you sum up everything in just a few pictures, the feel of the place, I am even remembering things long forgotten like;
the automatic bread slicer where you could, for a reason none of us could understand, set it soo thin that if the bread hadnt collapsed, slice the bread thinner than an A4 sheet of paper,
or my summer in a bookshop where customers would lose their minds over sale items not being as cheap as they wanted it to be, as though the word " sale" meant that the books were priced to suit their personal idea of what cheap should be and not the company just shifting stock as prices where they still make a profit, to make way for the new best sellers.
Brilliant, please keep making these, they are excellent.
I am working my way backwards through them all!
That is extremely rewarding. Thank you so much. I’m very sorry that you are discovering the strip while in the hospital but I have to admit that I’ve been able to read quite a bit when I’m there, so I guess there’s that.
I also have to admit that I’ve stayed away from the bread slicer. Now I have to try it for research purposes.
I too tend do get a lot of reading done when I've had to stay in hospital, which used to be quite often 😭 but I've managed to stay away for almost 2 yrs now ...sooo good 😊
But less reading time 😞
I hope your stay isn't too long and you make a quick recovery 😁
I did the same thing during one of my hospital stays if the past... It was a joy for me, which I continue to enjoy minus the hospital stays 😃
Thank you, that's really sweet, I am back home , finally and don't need to go back until the end of July.
Now I am just struggling with my IT idiocy on how to do the paid subscription.
I only joined substack to read more of Stephen's comic strips, and now I have added other subscriptions ( free) but would like to pay for this , substack is it?
It kerps telling me I can't subscribe in the app- go to the website, and when I go to website it keeps saying error loading page in the checkout. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I wonder if Stephen has written / drawn art about people struggling with the IT systems in stores 😁( still working backwards through all of them)
I did a looooong time ago. I wish I could help on the paid subscription. So far, Substack just tells me that you just need to go to their help section. Not very helpful.
I did it! 😁
I had to turn the vpn thingy off. 🤦♀️🤷😂
So very much appreciated. Thank you!
Your old ones are the best except the ones with masks. They trigger my PTSD
Your work is extremely laughable. Xxx
Thank you!
I could read StBeals all day, but I gotta go to work… Oh! Bedtime already?
I somehow reset the poll. Oh well, just know that most people won’t help me with the couch.
I am so very happy that I am old and feeble(ish) enough to pay other people (generally young strapping types) to move things for me. Now I just need to figure out how to avoid the packing part...