Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for December 27, 2023

Hammie with how well you do in school. That will be the perfect job for your skill set.

Short male athletes exist, but they have trouble earning money. Maybe it’s good that he didn’t pick baseball player.

he’s doing homework during winter break?

You’ll change that goal when you find out how much money you’ll be making, Hammie.

he’ll have a job unlike Dustin

Hammie is thinking burgers and soft-serve ice cream, not dollars and cents.

he’s being practical. don’t question it Darryl. Zoe probably would have said president.

Soon to be replaced by robots.

Don’t have to fund his 529

Aim low and you are never disappointed.

Well at least it wasn’t used car sales man or realtor

So that BA in English lit he’s planning on getting will get him his dream job.

Oh heck Mickey D’s will hire him today.

He’s gonna eat all of those McDonald’s.

Your destiny, I’m sure.

That’s for when you grow up to be 17, Hammie.

Everyone has different ambitions, Darryl.

By the time kids grow up, “Drive-thru Window Guy” may be replaced by innovations in ordering, payment, & fulfillment. A customer might not even leave the house!

Living wage for all jobs.

Homework over winter break? Doubtful.

My sister had that job for a while when she was in college – it’s tougher than it looks, especially when it’s late and you’re dealing with entitled folks.

Somewhere in that simple, naive mind of Hammie is potential for something better then that I’m sure. It just needs to be kindled, mature and grow.

There was a couple at my church who have 2 biological children and 3 adopted, all close in age. Every time they come in the kids would come to me for hugs. One day the mom sent me a PM. One of her daughters had to write about what she wanted to be when she grew up…and she wrote about “the lady at church who plays tambourine & gives nice hugs.” I don’t think I’d ever been so moved.

Then he advances to burger builder, assistant foreman, foreman, and end’s up owning a chain of restaurants. Zoe takes care of the economy, and Wren handles human resources!

He’ll lose interest when he discovers the job does not come with all the hamburgers and fries you can eat.

Aim high, kid.

Well at least he’s willing to work for a living, so I guess that’s a start.

I mean, that’s achievable. as he will be more grown up and able to get a job at 16. soooooo…

That shouldn’t be hard to aim for, but you’ll always have to have a roommate.

Which is just a basic start into the employment scene, then later move on and up.

Sometimes one would rather be lucky than talented, I hear of so many celebrities who were discovered at supermarkets etc and even just hanging out at the mall, maybe somebody will discover Hammie at the drive thru window.

Oh, don’t worry, some day you’ll become a billionaire. No, who am I kidding.

At least he’s not indulging in something unrealistic.

A Noble Profession.

My dog’s favorite people.

Receiving end or delivery??

The worker at the drive-thru can make or break a fast food joint. Hammie, learn to speak carefully and distinctly and you’ll be fine.

Not a good goal

Definitely need a follow up question as to why……

As one famous saying says: Not that there is anything wrong with that!

But speaking of fast food, as this is topic, the McD restaurants here, all have off shore, mainly from the Philippines, temporary workers…Yes, they are here legally, on renewable contacts…

Speaking realistically: We need people to fill all the jobs that are out there. Just look at the waves of people who want to get into the US, even illegally, to fill all those jobs that American born people do not want to touch. I’m thinking of mushroom farms, orchards, greenhouses, field workers, chicken farm workers, meat processing plants, office cleaners, house cleaners, painters, roofers, nursing home attendants, laundry workers, etc. …, etc. …

Nice to know Hammie has already choose a career path.

Now that iPad tip grabs have been invented, that career could be more lucrative than it used to be.

I am sure he has some quirky reason …

Been there, done that.

I wanted to be an astronaut, but settled for getting my pilot’s license. I remember another kid in class who wanted to be a garbageman, “They only work one day a week.”

Haha! (＾▽＾)