Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 24, 2021

whoa… watch what you say!

WTG NANCY!!!

Well, I was slightly off with yesterday’s prediction, but I knew Nancy would assert her ownership somehow.

Didn’t I say—one thing is for sure: You want to be nice to your waiters and your roommates? Three strikes and YERR OUT! . Now where does this go Wednesday?

Yikes! it’s a Wed-Thu-Fri storyline! Nancy Degroot Power.

Lo tienen bien merecido. En la forma de pedir está el dar.

The customer isn’t always right. ✨

You go girl!!!!

While going outonakimb yesterday I failed to watch the beavers gnawig at the base of the tree. Boy! Did I crash and burn. So not about work for Luann (pity) and it looks like the Karen in the teal top may be the 4th roomie. The interesting thing here is that Stef the cheerleader is a Tiffany clone and this baby Karen is also a Tiffany clone. Are we going to have a clone war? Also a pity because I still think Bernice would make a better 4th roomie especially if she becomes the RA again. Planning those “epic parties”™ is going to be a lot harder when the RA is across the room.

Nancy swept the trash out.

Nancy booted Ann Eiffel. These girls – a piece of cake.

Being the owner, she has the right, especially if the customer is harrassing the employees.

That’s telling them, Nancy !

Woohoo!

So the baby Karens aren’t getting off scott-free. These Karens really pushed their luck, and while I love Nancy for her response, I can’t help but worry what these Karens will do. Make a scene? Like a total Karen absolutely would. Maybe if they apologize for their rude comments, Nancy won’t kick the Karens out. But Karens are so unpredictable, you never know whether a Karen is going to run with their tail between their legs or whether a Karen is going to snap and cause a ruckus. Karens can be just absolute hassles sometimes.

Everyone likes a little, but no one likes a smart…

Yahoo!

Social bullying get a social booting.

That escalated quickly for early in the week! Where can it go from here?

While we’re all cheering for Nancy, for all of those times when we had to bite our tongues in the presence of rudeness in the real world, the fact remains that you can’t just toss out everyone who offends you. Tiffany had to put up with Ann treating her just as badly, after all. How can Tiffany be more mature than Nancy?

I suspect that losing business will become the real topic of this week’s arc.

I bet the two start a cancel culture campaign against the Fuze.

Hooray for Nancy!

Heck yes. WTG Nancy. Now of course the young ladies will probably try to retaliate through negative comments on social media just like typical morons/trolls/mean people (of any age) typically do. I suspect this because it is way too early for a plot resolution. This has to go somewhere, maybe the bratty girl will drop the: “Do you know who my dad is????” line or something like that…..

I’ve always had a thing for Nancy….and now I know why.

“Who do you think you are, Anne Eiffel?”

You rock, Nancy. You’re my hero. Escort those cocky little buggers out.

@Dreamdeer:

Have you noticed the recent responses to passengers on planes who fight with the flight attendants? Any business has the right to eject those who mistreat employees. It has nothing to do with how ‘mature’ the employees are, or putting up with bad behavior (and how is a flight attendant supposed to ignore someone punching them?) Tiffany’s situation was totally different from that of a business; she was putting up with someone who her father apparently loved, and who was going to end up as her stepmother. Apples and oranges…

I wish I could have gotten away with that when I waited tables but I wasn’t the owner.

Too bad Nancy didn’t Throw them out like Unca Phil did to Jazzy Jeff on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. ;)

I still say unleash the “Shannon”.

There will be a bad review on Yelp, but I am sure there are plenty of good reviews.

Good job! They’re too rude to stay and eat. Show them the door!

I wish a Karen would…..

I didn’t think that the rudeness of the two young Gen Z women was going to be the focus, rather a plot device, but now, given her focused action—inviting the little buggers out—I must admit I am probably wrong. Hey I have a crazy thought: they represent the social media age; maybe they will post a social media based attack on the Fuse, and guess who comes to the rescue, having a lot of experience in social media? Hmmm?

Clean up time at The Fuse.

Nancy is NOT going to take their bowl… poop!

Oh wow. Is this the first curse word in this comic?

Also, I totally called it last page!

Did Nancy just cuss?

Granny Tip #1 : Stop being….. Hopefully, they aren’t social influencers.

I’d say Nancy got their attention…

It’s reminiscent of Kathy Bates telling two nitwits “I’m older and have more insurance.”

GO NANCY! Give them a lesson they will remember for a lifetime! One can’t help, but admire Nancy’s firm and resolute behavior ♡. Let’s just hope that the two girls don’t feel any kind of revenge but only ask for forgiveness. But I kinda would like to see them in future.

Is she Ann Eiffel’s daughter?

Don’t annoy the owner. She already banned Ann Awful for being rude to her staff.

Not sure this is the best business strategy.

I want to apologize to @outonalimb for playing around with his handle. It was meant in good fun. It is a fun handle to play around with but i’’m over it and won;t do it again.

I think a breezy “Bye, Felicia” might be in order here.

Nowadays they’ll come back at night and burn her out.

Come on ladies its time to leave, you should know the rules only the “protagonists” are allowed to be asses in this strip

Ahem Greg family friendly? Though it is a good strip! >3

If only this would happen in the real world much more often….

I always remember the sign posted: WE RESERVE TO RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE … So, remember kids, always practice good manors, and, remember to tip at least 15%. ;)

Woo-Hoo! Way to go Nancy!

Wait, this comic strip is allowed to have swearing in it? Or did I miss something and “asses” isn’t really a swear anymore? I’m not complaining, more swearing = awesome, but I just never expected this.

What about sex? Is it allowed to have PG-13 depictions of sexual relationships? Cuz that opens a lot of storytelling possibilities for the characters.

Lastly, depending on how things go with Brad and Toni, “granny” might become an accurate description.

BOOM!

Nancy, remember to grab them by the collar and belt, lift on the belt a bit and then rush them out the door.

For a proper send off.

Bet either TJ or Ox will be getting involved.

Good.

EPIC!!!!

If you are stupid enough to insult the employees of an establishment, you’ve earned the risk and deserve to get what’s owed to you.

Especially so if you do it to those who are in charge of what you’re about to put in your mouth.

Hit the Road, Karens, and don’t’cha come back no more no more no more!

Hit the Road, Karens, and don’t’cha come back no morrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre!

Hit the road Jack! – YouTube: [Ray Charles]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I

This is probably a set up for a “do you know who my father is??” routine …. And it might actually be some wealthy jackass who comes around and tries to have the café shut down or something…

86ed! Yay! :)

Good to see Nancy put her foot down.

Go Nancy …. i was probably 50 the first time i was called gramps , i did not get it , But maybe the Girls will get the point i can only hope . Oh OX can you give Nancy a hand Please .

So, funny story… My grandfather, who was born in 1912, was 17 years old when the crash of 29 hit. They lost the farm, and had to move to the city to find work. My grandpa found work as a server/busboy in a restaurant. Every day, there was a group of four women… wealthy women… Who would come in to the restaurant for lunch. One of these women was particularly nasty to everyone… And every day, she would order a piece of blueberry pie. However, she would not eat it. She would always smoke a cigarette, then extinguish the cigarette by pushing it into the top of the pie. I suppose this was her way of saying “ I am rich, so I can do what I want and there’s nothing anyone can do about it!“ So here you’ve got people starving all over the country, and yet this woman every day would waste pie like this. And it really upset the restaurant owner. I knew that the other women didn’t like this either. Well, one day, they all ordered pie… and my grandfather, who was bringing out the pie (he had four pieces on plates going all up his arm), “accidentally” had one slip off and onto the front of the nasty woman’s dress and into her lap. She was wearing a white dress, which was now smeared with blueberry everywhere. Of course she complained, but the restaurant owner didn’t do anything. After that, she never showed up again… Her three friends still did though… But they were just fine. He could tell that they were all happy to be rid of her!

Careful they’ll start spreading bad reviews on Yelp about your restaurant.

Life’s too short to tolerate rudeness. Bye girls, bye.

These aren’t ‘Karens’, people. These girls are just straight up Bullies. Not the same thing.

Go Granny, go!!!

Thinking hubby (name escapes me) is gonna get lucky when Nancy gets home.

My six-year-old niece loves reading these comics on the newspaper since it’s the only section that is fun to read. But man……..she saw this today on the paper and pointed to her dad and grandmother that she saw a cuss word on here and they couldn’t believe what Nancy said……..Now they’re not even comfortable letting her read the comics on the paper anymore because they’re the kind of people who doesn’t allow their children to see or hear ANY cuss word. Not even the word jack ass.

well that was fast paced, someone here will likely correctly predict the rest of the week and how it ties into a previous arc????

You go, Nancy. The thing is people like this will always find something to say about other staff and customers. They make things unpleasant for everyone else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s2UhPQVyrk

Hey Ox, come over here and hold the door open for me.

And guess what? She spit in that tea.

So… you insult her and expect her NOT to be grumpy? “Ox, take care of these children.”

Nancy using bad language? I know she didn’t take any mess from Luann and Brad when they were growing up!

Thank you! Time for some millenials to learn some respect. Of course they will now find a way to boycott the place as dominated by White privilege.

Darn, I was hoping for an Iced Tea Cube.

“And I hope you enjoyed the extra pleasantry Les added to your iced tea.”

The real revenge is keeping your mouth shut while counting their money.

AND. It’s derrière lift time.

Somebody finally addresses the issue of age discrimination in this country.

And BOOM goes the dynamite.

Why must morons drag politics into everything? Why can’t you have a pleasant meaningful discussion without trashing each other? SHEESH!!!

The feet you step on now, are connected to the rear end you’ll have to kiss later.

“Let me help you out… Which way did you come in?”

What a colossal discussion, above, about this personality type being called “Karens”.I think I speak for many when I say it doesn’t matter ONE HOOT what they’re labeled…but it’s inarguable that people who treat others like this DO NOT DESERVE TO BREATHE OUR AIR!!!

Hmmm, Tuesday and people are declaring victory…. I like what Nancy’s done but have a sneaking suspicion that we’re not done yet…. curious on the twist that’s coming.

That won’t work, either. They’ll have you jailed for this or that “phobia” or “ism.” You might as well just go ahead and kill them right now.

Nancy did give them a warning first, so she is justified in escorting them out.

YAY for Nancy!

I may be the only one with this impression but nothing in today’s (or yesterday’s) strip rings true to me. I know customers can be rude and I know that occasionally owners have to throw people out but I simply don’t believe the two women would have had this conversation at all (certainly not calling Nancy “granny” – what is she, late 40’s or a really good looking early 50’s tops? – or “oldster” which I’ve never heard anybody of any age use) and that it would rise to the level that Nancy would toss them out. This really feels like an artificial set up to make readers cheer on the older character against those rude young folks but I simply don’t believe it ever would have happened, not in this way or this set up in any case.

This is an odd turn of events so early in the week. Where do we go from here? Do the rude girls become belligerent and continue to harass? Does someone else become involved (Ox? Les? TJ?) Is one or both of these “rudies” being set up as a recurring character?

Oh well. Tune in tomorrow.

In the real world, Nancy’s quick trigger would be considered inappropriate. She could have maybe won those girls over with great customer service. If they continued to be rude she could have had some real fun with them by pretending to be deaf, or hobbling their order to the table with excruciating slowness or best yet coming back to the table multiple times to verify their order. She would have accomplished the goal of them never coming back without the confrontation. There could have even been that golden moment when they asked to speak to a manager. Opportunity missed, oh well.

Don’t care about “Karen”. Worked retail for years. Employees do not have to take this crap. And people seem to think they are entitled to be mean. To those I say— stay home.

I’m really beginning to pity any woman with the name “Karen.” Can we please come up with a different label now?

Real spoiled brats is what they area!

I loved you pay the way Nancy handled an uncomfortable situation. There is no need to be mean and rude. Eventually you pay the price for your arrogance. I love also how the Luann comics give us every day circumstances that we can think about. Please keep the great comic strips coming Greg and Karen!

using a person’s name for defamation and derogatory reasons is grounds for a lawsuit or jail time. take your pick

Nancy DeGroot doesn’t have time for this ‘Ok, Boomer’ nonsense.

@NancyDeGroot prepare for a social media $h!t Storm!

Well, these two will now leave the premises, with heads held high and feet held higher.

Go get ’em, Nancy! YAY!

The ME Generation. Wonder how it will get worse than now. It will though….

This is so unbelievable. My 2 millennium daughters would never treat anyone like this. I find it hard to believe anyone would be dumb enough to treat your food server so poorly.

I wonder if the girls will claim to know someone important later this week. Maybe Evil Ann sent them into the Fuse.

Yer outta the game!

Good for you! Assertive and polite at the same time.

I’m very impressed with two things in this story arc:

1. Greg is doing very well at depicting African-American folks of differing melanin content.

2. Anybody who dislikes Bets should instead dislike this woman in the restaurant. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of her.

As long as she throws her purse out, Karen will follow. Too much of her brain power in the purse!

Kick em to the curb, Nancy.

Well,that was fast.I thought we’d have to wait until Saturday to see these two get theirs.

Luann has found out many times that there’s nothing wrong with her mother’s hearing or eyesight,

Mom will now spend at least twenty minutes looking at herself in the washroom mirror.Just to be SURE.

Yea to Nancy! Too many rude customers act that way because the person they’re picking on is perceived as no threat to them, i.e. the minimum wage employee who has to put up with anything in order to keep their job. A great reminder to such jerks that they should be careful about who they’re abusing.

Its Great to see an individual with authority actually stand up for themselves and ultimately their staff. If they treat her this way, they will treat every server there the same way….The customer isn’t always right. Losing two customers for the sake of the people who work for you is worth it..

Yeah Nancy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I wonder if the woman on the right is related to Bets. She said her family is messed up or has issues, some kind of dysfunction.

I warned you!!

And these two brain-damaged bimbos have the nerve to look surprised.

I like it! Is this the end of it, or will the ignoramuses try to give Nancy a hard time?

Calling it. This conflict resolved early, so the rest of the arc is either gonna be about Nancy dealing with a bad review against the restaurant or a weird misuse/criticism of the term “karen”.

Way to Go Nancy!! My house – my rules! I reserve the right to bar azzholes.

(Read in Tony Stark voice) — "Is no one going to comment that Nancy just said “asses”?

A better idea would have been to walk out with the purse and hand it to her when she left.

@Crann Bethadh:

Since Nancy is probably in her 40s, she is NOT old enough to be stereotyped the way that people my age are, by being called ‘boomers’. Of course, all boomers are totally and completely identical. We ALL protested the war in Vietnam for example — except for those of us who went to fight it, or who objected on religious grounds and got classified as ‘conscientious objectors’ and actually went to Vietnam without weapons to drive ambulances, or who were the sole support of their families so they were excused from service. But yeah, exactly identical simply because they were born during a certain period. Just like those in the so-called ME generation are all identical, and those called ‘Millennials’ are all identical.

Thanks for displaying your your own wonderful lack of bias. There’s a term for people who display bias, you know. Too bad there’s no saying like “Okay, bigot”….

Let’s knock off the Karen thing . Call her what she is: name that rhymes with Glass bowl.

BTW, honey, never tick off someone who’s making your food and beverage in a room where you can’t see.

And they aren’t wearing masks either!!!

man, if they act like this to her face what do you think they do behind people’s backs?

Let me get you two girls a couple of to GO cups for your drinks.

Holy crap. The “granny” crack behind Nancy’s back was bad enough but to say it directly to her face? they deserved to be kicked out.

Go Nancy!

Wow! This is the first time in several arcs that I’m actually interested in seeing what happens tomorrow! So many of the recent arcs have been real stinkers.

Nancy? Don’t break a heel while you give her the boot. She ain’t worth it!

You tell em’ Nancy. Great job!

Way to go Nancy! Oh, girls, don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

What about the name Karin? Or Caren?

I can see why Nancy likes to wait tables now and then (besides tending bar). She gets the pleasure of kicking out rude abusive customers who treat staff poorly. Also, I’m wondering if one of these girls might be the 4th roommate in quad.

“and pay for the tea”

And, there she was, congratulating herself for being so “Witty”.

So young to discover that she is only Half Right.

II wasn’t expecting this on a TUESDAY! I was expecting Nancy to put up with it for a little bit longer. I’m VERY glad I was wrong. Show the little brats the door, girl :D

Notice that those two are no longer smiling. After they overturn their drinks, will they show up at the university or the community college? I am sure we will see them in a future arc.

YASS, QUEEN!!! (Yeah, I know that’s passe’ but I’m old too, and I like it! XP)

Bravo!

YES!

Exercising her right to refuse service to anyone annoying.

Go, “Granny” Nan! Throw that wiseass out on hers!

Class takes a pass

Why don’t we use Mable instead of Karen? (lol).

Good for you, Nancy!!!

These are “mean girls” as in bullies.

For The Rolling Stones, the beat has stopped going on.

Charlie Watts, their long-time drummer, has passed away at the age of 80.

R. I. P.

Nancy should point out “This granny has a better body than either of you two Mini-Karens, so stick it”

Yeah, Nancy! Way to go!!

It’s way too early in this arc. These Karens are going to make something of it.

Looks to me like Nancy has lost her enthusiasm for the Fuse job and that’s good! It’s just in time for Bernice to move back to the dorm so they can rent that room out again. She could always go bartend a few nights a week if she wanted to, but she wouldn’t have to be waiting tables while Tiffany is hanging out in the kitchen talking to TJ. A new renter and a new waitress would fix this problem in a heartbeat!

like a Dhar Man video, “rude karens insult waitress, ending will surprise you”

Yeah! You Go, Nancy!!!

Don’t get mad. Just get them gone. Slavery is over. You don’t and shouldn’t put up with insults.

(And with fewer customers, you can get more rest.)