For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 10, 2018

not funny, receptionist… specially in front of the other people in the waiting room (aside from the kid

I love the eye chart in the background: W Woof BarkWuf….

I never see that many people when I go to the vet with my dog. I believe they space out the appointments to prevent pets from potential conflicts while in the waiting room. Maybe one patient in the sitting room or none.

Her response should be, “I’m the one who is beginning to think I’m at at the wrong vet!”

The look on the face of the large dog sitting in front of the carrier tells me clearly who is getting the castration…. ;-) The dog IN the carrier (Missy) must be the constipated one, sitting on LOTS of shredded newspaper, I hope (accidents happen…).

“…and by the way, what’s wrong with your dog?”

Gotta love the posters. Great lines

The second woman sitting down looks like she’s holding a giant rat.

That looks like the vet’s office from Hell.

Maybe it’s just me, but Lynn has a weird way of drawing toddlers – it was the same with Richard when he was that age.

Lynn’s Notes:

I waited in the clinic like a worried parent. (Here the story was about the imaginary Farley.) Our little spaniel was limping and fretful, but amazingly happy and easy to manage.

Oh MY GOD She is there to PUT OLD FARLEY DOWN

I used to go to a vet who didn’t make appointments, first come first served. One day the waiting room was quite full and we heard the most heart rending screams and howls coming from the treatment room. We were all imagining the worst when the nurse put her head out the door and said, “Don’t worry, he’s just getting his nails cut!”

Judging from the details in the background (love that eye chart!), Lynn must have had a lot of fun drawing this one.

That almost looks like our (late) vet’s waiting room, complete with pets hiding under the chairs.

Lynn might have been to our vet’s waiting room, complete with nosy kids, and pets hiding under chairs. He also has a bill board that takes up the whole wall where you will find advertizing for “free to a good home” to “lost, please call”, etc. Then he has pictures, yes actual pictures, of his satisfied patients. His staff is exceptionally cheerful too. Our dog doesn’t mind at all when we go there. We had another vet for her, where everything was very formal, and our dog was really scared and shaking all the time when we went there.

Similar to a cartoon from several years ago: Crowded doctors waiting room and the receptionist blurts out : “Oh, Mrs Johnson – you have to sign these privacy papers before the doctor can look at those warts on your belly!”

This is a funny strip today. The one thing that irritates me is the brat kid running loose while the parent sits there ignoring him. I’ve seen enough of that in real life.

Spay and neuter your pets (you too, Elly)

There’s a ghost cat (or maybe the Cheshire cat?) under the first chair!