Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 19, 2019

Rat should also wear more flare.

Rat’s not wrong.

Rat, stay still. The manager is drawing you as YOU’RE FIRED.

Holy Posters, Batman! RAT IS RIGHT!

Yeah, we have motivational posters and lots of team meetings, too. All we’ve agreed on is that they’re a waste of time and money.

If “Everything is Possible,” then rat should be able to write or draw anything he wants.

Letting the employees write their own posters is definitely empowering.

Stop for the sake of the world Rat

What I don’t understand is, …

Why isn’t Rat sucking up? He would make a great sycophant.

Rat tells the truth!

Mighty finicky for a company that employs rodents, if you ask me!

Unless you want a Rat why hire Rat ? …. Croc POwer !

Too much truth in those posters, huh?

Some truths are in RATS posters…..some people will do anything to get ahead…..

We have a poster at work that says, “Teamwork makes the Dream work”. Yeah, I threw up a little when I first saw it too.

“I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony; but chaos, hostility and murder.”

“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness” Werner Herzog.

The poster in the first frame is missing a picture of kittens jumping the Grand Canyon, or some such BS.

“TEAM!!” ( This Employer Annoys Me!)

But demotivational posters are the best!

Two years ago we were all tasked with creating office cubicle posters to inspire a “Positive Attitude.” My poster read:

“Positive Attitude? I’m positive that I have an attitude.”

Thimk! Before you make missteaks.

Rate are more accurate than those inane “motivational” ones. ..ugh!

Again, “That should’ve been on the application.”

So if the big vein in the bosses head burst…I guess we will see….wait for it….pop goes the weasel !

Work isn’t much fun when the backstabber is your boss. I had a name for her: S.U.I.T. Stupid Ugly Ignorant Troll.

We regularly have contest to create vapid safety slogan posters at work. What I want is the chance to make posters that will be displayed at the corporate offices, and then shown to potential stockholders. I nearly did these anyway, but I was afraid someone would recognize my handwriting. (They have these inane safety rules at work, such as pushing a pallet jack instead of pulling it, yet they won’t hold up their end of the bargain, by fixing the lights that are mostly burned out in the warehouses, or fixing the stepladders that are falling apart.)

It’s safety first, not profits first. If you can’t afford safety, you can’t afford to stay in business. Put up the safety improvements or put up a “for sale” sign.

Rat needs to go on an ayahuasca retreat.

Wow, Rat, has really been able to keep that job? I’m impressed

Better than the Demotivators.

What rat wrote is, unfortunately, very true

I had “motivational” posters on my office wall that I purchased from despair .com. I found they were very effective at putting people at ease during discussions.

Most days, my boss’s motto was “I’m not happy unless you’re not happy!” We actually gave serious though to getting it as a stitched sampler for her office wall…

How about " The King is a Fink"…wait, wrong comic.

Aah, those pre-retirement mid-management days at AT&T.

Rat has great job security. Pastis couldn’t keep doing the strip for long without him.

Rat, I agree with you 100%. There is nothing worse in the workplace than backstabbers and the management that encourages them.

no let’s Mr. uptight manager dweeb!!!

Boss Weasel and Barista Rat! What a team!

Fer sure, I wanna coffee up at their ’Bucks!

Truth to power!

Am I the only one who hears Gary Cole from Office Space as Rat’s boss?