The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 16, 2023

Consider yourself lucky, Brutus. For 43 years, to go to work, I woke up at 3:30 in the morning.

Doesn’t really matter what time your morning is. It’s always too early.

Hang in there, Brutus! Fall back is coming.

Would morning be any better if it came in the evening?

That’ just the way it is. Don’t mess with perfection.

The same reason “youth” is wasted on “young people”

The same reason Monday comes so early in the week.

My wife feels similarly to our hapless hero. She’d just as soon “morning” start about 10 am.

On the positive side, with morning comes coffee

Ha! Are you kidding? I was up before breakfast this morning.

So you can get it over with!

For a time, I’d arrive before everyone else for work at 7:30. That’d give me time to take care of printing reports from home office, and receiving stock before the work day began at 10. That’s AM time, BTW.

No motivation Brutus ?

Born and raised on a farm. Tobacco, cotton, corn, soybeans. Cropped and picked by hand. Up at 3 am to work till dark and often using light till midnight for really barely enough to stay afloat. Only real working job ever had. Left farm to retire for Air Force to retire and then from NC State job retired. Easy Peasy. Serving the Lord as Minister always full time but not a job to me even though I am retired from active Ministry, I stay busy busy with it. Still hop up early before day break.

I wish I knew… :L

Mother Gargoyle shambles in: “Beeeeaaaannnssss…”

Brutus: “See ya!” [ZIP!]

It’s odd how morning people and not-morning people often marry each other. I am not a morning person, but it doesn’t matter when I actually get up. I am just groggy for a while, no matter the time. Brutus might be like that too.

I’ve been retired for several years now. I still get up around 6am. I’m not sure if it’s habit or because I like the early morning. Probably both.

A long time ago, I became convinced that the world of work mostly belonged to morning people and extroverts. I am neither of those, so it has been a rough ride.

I agree. One extra hour in bed every day would be so very nice. However, while that might occur in Heaven, doesn’t happen here on Earth.Have an extra cup of coffee and get going. Boss doesn’t take kindly to stragglers…..

That why it’s called mourning

Total empathy for Brutus. I learned you’re either a morning person or you’re not and you can’t change (or at least I couldn’t). And Monday mornings are the worst (as we saw in last Monday’s strip). The best thing about retirement is not having to get up too early.

And why does morning show up before coffee?

Buck up Brutus you have a lot to look forward to, eight hours working for a nasty boss, lunch at a diner with a snarky waitress, a crowded bus ride home and oh yes, Mother Gargle is going to be there for dinner.

Gladys thinking, “poor Brutus, always mourning the days he goes to work”…

Easy for Gladys to say. She is still in her bathrobe itching at the chance to jump back in bed once Brutus leaves…

Good question Brutus