Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 13, 2021

I think Rat’s thinking is entirely reasonable.

It was the soy milk, right?

No respect for Rat’s fury.

harsh

Rat, Rat, Rat . . . You should have just poured the hot coffee on his crotch, as a warning.

For your next job you could apply to become a police officer.

That’s what happens when you order a latté with skim milk foam.

That’s what happens when working next to the state Capitol. Only the politicians may commit non-PC conduct.

smh what snowflakes they are.

I was a labor attorney for an employer. Half the time the arbitrator would reinstate the employee with back pay in cases like this. They have to let the union win half the time or they’ll never get chosen as arbitrator.

A cliche like the knee in the junk is a firing offence!

it’s not like he spilled hot coffee in the customer’s lap or anything…

He was fired for wasting a pot of coffee, not the assault.

OK, that was funny- Schadenfreude. He didn’t show rat being arrested for battery, though…

Those cold-hearted *!@. How’s a guy supposed to make a living?

Big deal, Rat. Speedy Gonzalez got fired for nothing.

Why did they swap seats in the last box?

Rat, this is the age of political correctness. You are not allowed to beat someone up without them DEMANDING it.

Very carafe of you Rat!

Subtlety in action.

Rat " kneed him in the groin " ? How short was that customer ?

So rats have knees

Rats are so strong and hefty. Don’t ever go to a coffee house where there are rats.

The real reason is that Rat always puts cream in customers’ coffee – he was fired for being anti-black!

Typical case of blind american justice . And the judge was not going to look at the 27 8×10 glossy photos with circles and arrows ….

At least the word wasn’t knead. The censors would have been all over that.

Reasonable thinking, but unreasonable motive.

Won’t open. Hey Pasta rasta carve a better pie mon

It’s the companies that need to write you up for that and put you on an improvement plan that worry me.

I think I’d be funnier if it was a her and that her was named Karen.

Shoulda done it the other way around.

Wonder what he ordered…

I guess Rat didn’t get a tip from the guy either. Knee him again.

I work for state unemployment. I think I’ve had this guy in a hearing.

Just another reason to avoid insanely overpriced “Coffee Shops”.

Other than that, did the customer leave the shop satisfied?

Some customers need a knee.

I would think that Rat’s very presence in a food/drink establishment would be a health code violation.

The most unlikely part of this strip was that it was Rat’s first offence!! :)

Those of us in retail have often threatened to write a book about our customers and their absurdities. Think of the movie The Help.

There’s being un-PC and then there’s assault. …a bit of a difference

For some customers, that’s the only response.

It’s so much fun working with the public!

I sense sarcasm from Goat in the last panel

Half caf decaf mochachino latte with a double shot and an extra cup. Oh, and do you have Stevia?

Just like Goodyear tried to tell it’s employees, there are certain groups which were pretty much allowed to riot and rampage with impunity last year. Just need the right shirt.

yeah well some orders DESERVE that.

“….. and it was only the customer’s first offence.”

He probably damaged the coffee pot.

Because we all know employees who assault customers should be allowed to stay on the payroll. Not.

Such a trivial “offense,” Rat! You should sue for their plainly evident anti-rodent bias!

Goat finally gets the hang of Rat.

Pretty funny.