Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 19, 2022

That’s Your scene, Ox!

Yeah, that scene is pretty ugly … ✨

Act 1, scene 1 ACTION!

…I’ve seen worse.

Imagine the three days of this week with Luann at a different restaurant, playing the Ox role listening to a veteran waitress there explaining her duties if Luann were to become a waiter there? It would have been funny nd Luann-centric

Embrace becoming the waitress that your acting talents can support. Avoid the tragedies in panel two if you can.

That “scene” needs a riot policeman!

They already have an Ox in that scene, it’s small and sitting on the floor. What a jumbled mess of a panel, though. Perspective who?

Ugh. Why did this family bother to go to a restaurant for some pizzas? Just toss a frozen one in the oven. Or call in a delivery. If you gotta behave like this, do us a favor and have your meal at home, okay? Just order something and stay home and leave the rest of us in peace. And Tiff…that family could be your ultimate challenge. Up for that? Charm them into separating them from a few extra bucks into your pockets. If you get the kids back in their seats and eat properly, the mom might slip you a big tip.

Is panel 2 supposed to be a Mom, Dad, and kid? Mom and 2 kids?

Oh, that poor mother in the middle panel.

I know what some of you are thinking:

“Tiffany’s Shallow!”

“Tiffany hasn’t grown up a bit!”

“The Cowboys stink!”

“Tiffany’s a User, and has absolutely no business being with Ox!”

Well just think about this for a second and consider the only other Unmarried Couple active in the Strip.

A couple where:

1) One partner dominates the other.

2) One partner rarely considers the other partner’s feelings.

3) One partner takes advantage of the other.

4) One partner takes the other partner for granted.

And many “folks” consider that young couple a “successful work in progress.”

On that basis alone a Tiff/Ox pair-up would be a match made in Heaven.

Or Havana. ;-)

I agree Mordy but we are talking about Tiff.

Just head to the kitchen Tiff…

Just as I’ve said about this arc, waitressing is a front stage profession and someone like Tiffany is well suited to performing, for good reasons. Her suggestion to Ox on the table from hell in panel 3. WWE is not the stage she best performs in.

Middle panel: Guy in green shirt, trying to hide behind a slice of pizza, just told screeching female that he has been having an affair with their marriage counselor.

If I were Ox, I would tell Tiff I would flip her for that one.

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Now for the big decision – a firehose or a Kubota tractor for cleanup.

Well Ox, Your fair lady isn’t so fair after all.

Oh, well…it was a nice idea while it lasted.

OK, Dad – When you get home from work, who do you want to deal with – Those Kids or That Mom?

Welcome to the wonderful world of customer service.

Scenes from an Italian restaurant

Decent coping mechanism.

OMG…. Seriously, Evanses…??

I want to see a comic that features the folks in Panel 2.

Ah, restaurant work. Don’t miss it.

Again…I work retail. It’s a lot worst than that

What the Fuse needs is a good bouncer!!

You want the job, Ox?

Tiffiny fans , please read my comments to Bebo

Tiffany is an aristocratic actress.

Ox doesn’t have to agree to take care of that table. Tiffany is too sure it’s him who has to deal with every troubled situation and not her. But a good actress must be able to face all kinds of problems on her stage. She NEEDS to deal with some troubled situation.

Of course you will, Tiffany. You’re the Jamarcus Russell of waitresses.

I walked into a restaurant and saw an empty table for 6 that looked like that, not exaggerating. It was like a tornado came thru.

FYI LuAnn Againn is back !

86 that table.

Gosh, thanks for nothing, Tiffany, you jerk.

Tiff will regret that when she goes to clean the bathroom instead and sees what’s waiting for her THERE.

They don’t need to be at a restaurant — they need to be in a barn! Sheesh.

I wish there were a dislike option.

Middle panel reminds me of a drawing by M.C. Escher!

Ox thinks" If this is all a stage, than that table must be from a horror movie. Gee, Thanks, Tiff."

Second panel, the guy says “Guess who I’m supposed be, go on guess.”

Either Tiffany doesn’t want to deal with a family of rude customers right now or she just likes taking advantage of Ox, retaining some of her bullying qualities.

We haven’t seen Les for a long time… even in Luanniverse time.

Did she drop the baby or deliberately take her out of her high chair ro place her on the floor under the falling soda? Mother is wrong in this one, or the call just came in that she is expecting the second one!

All that’s missing is the table being overturned if they were going for the old west bar-room brawl effect LOL!

That scene should never have reached that point. Now it may require the police or owner/manager. Logic aside, I wouldn’t want to clear that table either. But Tiffany is passing the buck. Wonder if Ox will handle it . They both should go. Or get TJ involved.

I think that Tiff is being sarcastic. I’ve done the same thing after I’ve express how much I (usually) like working with the public.

Tiffany needs to move far away for whatever reason.

Waitresses/Waiters of the world. Is this accurate??

1. They serve Pizza!?

2. How in the world does that chair stay erect!?

3. They both need to go. One to talk and one to start picking up.

She just does not like messy things!

Yeah, right. Ox can handle the easy stuff.

Each server has their own tables before their shift begins. They don’t usually swap tables in the middle of a shift.

Ox has not looked that unhappy since he shut down Les’ bullying.

The obnoxious family has already been served food. So someone is already taking care of that table.

She sure is generous sharing the spotlight like that.

We’ll let Les handle this one.

Middle panel: The woman is pointing in the wrong direction, and where’s the cat? :D

“A Pizza The Action”

“Another Fine Mess”

“They Call Her Mellow Yell — Oh!”

“Mess On Scene”

“Wrecks-taurant”

“Holler-baloo”

I can see the billboard now: Need to cover your face with a slice? Come to the fuse!

Actually, parties with small children/babies are a waitstaff nightmare, no matter how well-behaved. They always leave behind a mulch of fragments, half-eaten this and that, chewed crayons, spilled liquids, and miscellaneous glop. In many cases, this is preceded by various kinds of misbehavior involving loud voices and possibly (but not inevitably) parental admonitions. Still, the scene sketched in the last panel is at the extreme end of ghastly.

I once asked my mother how she and Dad handled us in restaurants, back when we were younger than, say, six. She looked surprised and said, “We didn’t TAKE you to restaurants when you were that young!”

I’m reminded of seeing the actor jonathan Frakes once talk saying he had a degree in acting which qualified him to wait tables in any of the five boroughs but he was the worst waiter in the history of NYC

I’d like to see Ox get some more story time.

Is it just me or does this older kid look waaay too big to be making this much of a mess? Geez he looks about 12 years old!

Not quite what Shakespeare meant by all the world being a stage.

Tiffany’s long-suspected Sense of Humor is finally showing! She’s kidding you, Oxford, though at the same time I am sure she would rather that big manly you deal with those slovenly slackers (who probably won’t even leave a tip)….

Good grief… sterilize them before they reproduce again!

Awks may well have to perform an attitude adjustment here.

Sorry, Ox… But you walked into that one.