Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 07, 2015

The barista man for sure isn’t Johnny Cash.

Black is not a color, it’s the lack of it. Much like the barrista’s personality.

I don’t use the word “barista”; it’s too dignified a word for someone whose only job is overcharging people for coffee. In this guy’s case, even “cafe worker” is too much, because it implies that he works.

And don’t forget to check for the BA in liberal arts, Rat. That’s standard among baristas, too.

None-the-less, I prefer this type of barista to the perky type.

What, no tip jar!

The earlobe grommets were a nice touch.

overcharge, and still expect a tip????

The servers don’t set the prices. And I expect, if you had to work long hours on your feet, with snarky to nasty customers and even worse bosses, you might not be the chipperest guy in the room.

Give servers a break. They’re probably working their way through school – or more likely, trying to pay off their college loans because they can’t get a job in their field.

@captainofgondor and @cdwardWell said, both of you.

the answer to your first question rat IS ‘no!’- i was almost 60 at the time – no black shirts, mostly brown, blue, gray – no earrings, nose rings, or jewelry of any sort. no tattoos. ground our own coffee, tamped and pulled our own shots. steamed our own milk, all the while talking to the customer about ‘their’ day and served on an average 12 to 19 customers an hour, (not exaggerated) no time to even look bored. – so you shouldda stopped in at the place i worked you’d of found that there is always the exception :)the fun part was the ‘followers’ who loved the way i made their lattes cappuccinos etc.the not so fun part was the customer who would loudly yell ‘hey what is this, it tastes like “s—t”’you would ‘have to’ offer an apology even when you found out that their complaint was – ‘sure doesn’t taste like kwik trips!’ and sugar cream it up so they got their sugar fix.i always wanted to say ’here’s your money back, PLEASE don’t come back here again until you know what ‘coffee’ is’-but of course i wasn’t allowed.

“Looks like he fell into a tacklebox.”. – Yucko The Clown

Why do you ask, Rat?

Are you thinking about applying for a job there? You already have the look of disinterest.

xxx

I think Rat means ‘uninterest’, a good judge displays disinterest in a case in which he/she is extremely interested.

Rat is a character — if he has a law degree, he’s never mentioned it. Some of the characters in the strip are rather stupid — Rat’s not stupid; but, he’s not bookish like Goat either.

Pastis, the cartoonist was a lawyer, as is his avatar in the PBS universe. If the Pastis character were speaking, then I’d agree with you.

Seems as though Rat went to Cafe simply to pick a fight rather than for coffee in any of its various incarnations. If the cafe worker weren’t so disinterested (maybe that is the correct word for his attitude), he might give Rat an accidental scalding-hot mini-shower….

Meh …

Alright, what kind of coffee shop’s name is “Cafe”?

Like green & yellow