Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 12, 2019

So what does Ann want Tiffany to do: go to a simple store like Dollar Tree wherein buy a $1 packet of emery boards and a $1 bottle of nail polish and do the mani/pedi herself at home?

I’m guessing Tiffany has no pocket money. I hope they call the police. Tiffany should allow herself to get arrested. Let’s see what daddy thinks about that!!

What does Ann what Tiff to do start street walking for cash.

Tiffany should get a job.

A little late to say No

I’m guessing Tiffany will end up working at the nail salon to pay off her debt…

I know someone predicted this and I think I remember who it is but I am too lazy this late to check yesterday, but I thought this might happen too, so now what? Again its control by Ann over Tiffany, to what end? To keep the money that Tom has for herself (don’t exhaust the honeypot) or could it be “GASP” she really wants to try rein in Tiffany’s out-of-control behavior? Why, in either case? They both have their clearly defined personalities, so arguing over who is bad or good, or is being looked at unfairly is really irrelevant, what is relevant is why?

I don’t like Ann, but she is looking out for Dad, who needs to cut Tiffany loose and let her fly.

Is there a $15 to $20 tip in addition? I think most college students probably eat for a week on $100 – $115. And if they have some entry level service job – it takes a day and a half to earn that much. How often has Tiff been getting these mani/pedis? Tiff really needs to learn where money comes from.

Geeze what a *itch, and I leave it to YOU to supply the “B.” And it ain’t gonna matter what Tiffany buys be it a $95 mani-pedi or a stick of gum. Ann is gonna HAUNT every purchase she makes.

The quick and dirty solution is for Tiffany to get a job. But even in THAT, Ann Wins. And sadly if Tiffany turns to Les for “help” to pay for today’s mani-pedi (or anything else) HE (GAG) “wins.” And Heaven only knows what his “interest rate” will be!

I hope Tiff goes the job route and gets a better job than that crappy one at kidz first where they just halved her pay. Tiff SHOULD call Simone for a job referral here in the USA and work at a high end clothing shop.

And if she HAS to burrow money, I HOPE Tiff calls Crystal, Bernice, or Gunther. ANYBODY but Les!

Services like this should probably get their money up front to keep such “inconveniences” from happening to their clients. Especially young things like Tiffany.

Tiffany should hurry up and get rid of Ann quick so Tiff can go to another arc

Time for TIFF to learn some THRIFT!

Wow! I’m a poet and didn’t even know it!

;-)

She should have gone for the mani/pedi by Greg. They are a lot cheaper.

Tom Farrell is letting his girlfriend Ann control HIS daughter on how HIS money is spent. Conclusion – Tom Farrell has NO balls.

Greg does mani pedis?

Mani pedis by Greg? Tiffany is lucky he did not chop her feet off. I guess I shouldn’t be giving Greg any ideas.

This is going to cost Tiff an arm and a leg!

Instead of policing HOW she spends money, just give her a spending allowance per week. Example: $100 a week. She can buy $100 worth of candy if she wants. Or she can get her mani-pedi….but nothing else for a week. Tiff needs to learn to budget. But I don’t believe she should be told what the allowance can be spent on. She needs to figure that out herself…that $95 to do her nails was a waste.

Time for Miss Tiff to grow up, tell daddy and his skank to pound sand, and get a job. She needs to understand how the other 90% of us live.

Not defending Tiffany’s entitled personna, she does need to learn how the other half lives. BUT, I bet Ms. Eiffel has spent the same, or, more on having both her sets of nails done, so why bug Tiffany about it?

Ugh. Her again..

I’m still not buying this plot line. Tom Farrell, successful businessman, is going to allow this uneducated, former Wienie World employee, scam artist to manage his family’s personal finances and banking info? Given his success and being a single parent, wouldn’t he have had his choice of desirable female companions for all these years? Instead, he’s portrayed as having just fallen off the turnip truck.

Tiffany needs to suddenly show up at Dad’s work place or next golf outing and have a heart to heart. I have a very sneaky suspicion that he doesn’t have a clue what the WWoW is doing.

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Unless I am mistaken, the “alert” only notifies Ann of what is going on. She cannot really stop the payment at this point, she can only chastise Tiffany at this point.

Has the payment already gone through? Anne is monitoring the account, but does she have the right to refuse payment? Or can she just call up Tiffany and scream at her for spending the money?

I dislike Ann, but it’s hard to disparage Ann too much in this case. Despite her motivations (which are no doubt selfish), this treatment is kinda what Tiffany needs. Though the new restraints on her spending habits should be handled by her father since he is the one who facilitated and enabled Tiffany’s current behavior with money.

Tiff always selects Greg’s Mani Pedi… wait… shouldn’t that be Sonia’s Mani Pedi at the “All About You” day spa? And why isn’t it called a “Girly Pedi” or A “Princess Special” or some such. (I guess this is why you don’t find many guys in the Nail Spas.)

95 dollars that’s a lot of money, then again I’m poor college student

In the upscale restaurant I worked at, the wait staff is considered the sale staff. Their job is to sell. Their job is to know the product and to size up the customer to figure out what they might want. They do this by talking to them and describing the items. Good wait staff keep a close eye on their customers. They follow the ebb and flow of a conversation, keep and eye of the level and reception of the food. This is not an unskilled job. Get rid of tips and pay a good wage.

Poor Sonia has no neck.

Unless Evil Ann controls the credit card, Tiffany should just ignore her nagging. It looks like Ann gets notified when Tiff uses the card, but Ann can’t stop the purchase.

Trying to starve the service personnel.

How did Ann know the $95 was for nails? The alert only told her the amount. It could be for clothing, make up or eating out.

Murderous thoughts begin to emerge in Tiffany’s mind.

Why does Dad allow Ann to control Tiff’s Spending. That is for sure not going to bring them together. Dad needs to be a dad.

If you look up “gold digger” in the dictionary, there is a picture of Ann Eiffel.

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What I would like here is for Tiffany to act wisely…..

1) First, I believe she needs to figure out a way to actually talk with her cojones driven “father” to make certain he is aware of and approves this funding control that Ann is exerting. I suspect it is indeed something he is approving of, but she should check.

2) Presuming it is legitimate, she then needs to have a talk with Tomcat to get him to give Tiffany some indication of what his “spending limits” are meant to be.

3) Whatever these limit are, Tiffany should accept them, with the caveat that ANN has nothing to do with the regulatory process between Tomcat and Tiffany.

The above, however, are only a sadly ephemeral pipe dream. The above is how we would want it to occur in real life. But, in the comic world, we (sadly) need the horrendously villainous Ann to drive the story.

I have my doubts that there will ever be any “hilarity ensues” in regards to story arcs involving Ann and Tiffany…. they will likely be captivating…. but in a harsh way.

Not to worry. Tiff knows how to get what she wants. When she was six years old, she gave a department store Santa a lap dance to sweeten up her Christmas gifts. She tried the same thing when she was sixteen, but almost got the Santa arrested.

I’ll bet Ann spends at least that much to have her mani-pedi and God knows what else. What a hypocrite.

@Pipe: I agree that little ‘hilarity will ensue’ with this situation…

I’m so sick of the Ann Eiffel character. I read the comics for enjoyment, not to read the antics of an obnoxious scam artist. I’m just going to skip reading Luann until the Ann Eiffel story arc is done.

For a bit, it looked like Tiff might have turned into a worthwhile person. Guess not. Looks like she will always be dependent on a sugar daddy. Time she looked for one. Glad that what’s his name escaped.

Hopefully some of y’all saw “Reservoir Dogs.” At the beginning, the bad guys are in a restaurant having breakfast and they discussed tipping. Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) didn’t want to tip – making a good argument that he used to work at McDonalds and never got a tip. But the boss sorted it all out, saying, “Leave a dollar, you cheap SOB.” If you’re squeamish – turn off the movie after the breakfast.

I don’t like what Ann is doing here. In fact I don’t like this whole Eiffel/Grey/Knox Clan.

But once upon a time, Tiffany did her OWN nails. For example:

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2004/09/19

But with Ann at the “helm,” ANY purchase Tiff makes will be called into question. Including much Tiff spent for nail polish…..,

With SNAPS you are lucky to get $125 for the entire month.

But if Ann doesn’t allow the payment, how will Tiffany pay the beauty salon? Working for it? … Could this finally be the beginning of Tiffany’s brilliant beautician career?

Tiffany is what her absentee-father created. He has always thrown money at her as a substitute for actually being there when she needs him. No wonder she uses money to make herself feel better. Ann’s just pissy because money spent on Tiffany is less money spent on her. Tiffany could get a job, complete her education, and make something of her own life, but it’s still no sub for parental love and presence.

This is not about Tif needing to learn to live within her means. Ann is missing with her to make her miserable, either out of spite over the Souffle Lingerie Scam or to drive her away. No doubt Ann spends more on herself than Tif ever spent on herself.

Tif should consider suing her dad for Separate Maintenance to continue to “Live in the manner to which she has become accustomed.”

RE: THE REAL WORLD…………Tipping is ridiculous in all areas, food service, salons, etc – employees should be paid a decent wage – customers should not have to pay for a product/food/service then pay someone who asks them what they want to eat and brings it – the employer should be paying the employee to do that. And grumpy, rude, unattentive servers do not deserve to be tipped – they are in the wrong business if they think they can treat customers that way and then expect to be handed a tip

and why doesn’t Tiff just block the wicked witch on her phone

We never learned whether Tiff had her hours cut at Kidz-1st or if she’s even working there still. She needs to go through the mental exercise where she looks at all the stuff she buys and decides, for each thing, whether she would still buy it if she had to pay it herself. It’s unfortunate that we have to have Ann in the picture for this.

As a lesson in economizing, Tiff should give up her smartphone (controllable by Annie Awful) and go retro with a simple, dumb flip-phone. That would cut off Annie’s interference….

But, taking the Long View, the towering Eiffel must be brought down! Permanently!

Sonia is okay and the little French Canadian would be cute if Greg had given her a neck and defined her eyes. Ah, but we know that she is just one of the generic characters who will now exit the strip. At least her hair didn’t look like some Lego construction.