The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for June 09, 2024

We can’t have any of that now

Next time shut your mouth, Brutus, you only cause damage.

Man, I can just picture the others poking fun at the chief: “I love money! Don’t do this or that! Listen to me because I know everything even though that’s not true! I’m the boss, therefore I’m superior in every way!”

This from a man who keeps sacks of money on his desk. Doesn’t he know about banks?

Those must be some very advanced Tea Cozies if they have a department of engineering. Perhaps Dougan found ways to improve their insulation properties.

It is amazing that this company hasn’t collapsed under the weight of that man’s ego.

Typical.

Now he has to hit the Rhodes.

I think MOST employers hire people that are smarter themselves to make money. It’s business. Employers have an idea and hire smart people to execute it. IE, Musk does incredible stuff

A smart man will keep smarter men around him, if he’s smart.

I’m surprised he didn’t consult his magic mirror and give Dougan a poison apple.

No boss. Road scholar. I ran track in college. It’s all good.

The boss dropped a Dougan!

Dougan is probably thinking next, “Et Tu, Brutus! Thanks for stabbing me in the back! I won’t forget this!”

Veeblefester will not allow any possible threat to his position.

Dougan won’t be unemployed very long…

Way to go, Brutus. Your correction of Bossman just cost Dougan his job. Of course, Dougan might find a much better job somewhere else, and for much more pay.

the smart man knows where his weaknesses are and wants the best available to shore them up

That was a Rancid thing to do…

Being better than the boss is a big no-no there.

Mr V is friends with many politicians. Maybe he knows how to grease palms. And not with Tea Cozies. Lets protest. Tariff on export Tea Cozies!

Don’t fire the person who knows how everything works.

If Dougan was so dang smart, what was he doing working there.

great… anybody else want to step up to see how smart they are compared to the boss. :D

Know any good lawyers Dougan?

You can tell it’s going to be a short staff meeting since there aren’t any chairs…

Very bad man. More importantly though, he IS a very ignorant Boss and just then proved that he is not the smartest man in the room……

AND THERE YOU HAVE IT!!

Wow, there’s a lot to comment on this one! Chief may or may not be the most intelligent person in the building, but we do know he’s the most insecure. And right there explains why Brutus has a job for life. As long as he makes the chief feel good about himself, he can feel confident he’ll continue to get a paycheck from the Veeblefester Company

Rhodes scholar. I wouldn’t want to be associated with his scholarship. Cecil Rhodes made his millions off of the sweat and blood of enslaved black south Africans who worked in his diamond mines. And since that wasn’t enough money, he stole the land the natives called the great Zimbabwe, named it after himself, Rhodesia, and sold off large plots of land to farmers.

Really smart boss, you probably did Dougan a favor.

If you can’t beat em… FIRE THEM!

Discrimination!!

If you’re the smartest one in the room, you’re in the wrong room.

Bossman, your insecurity is showing. Tuck it back in before you embarrass yourself any farther.

That business is too big.

“Solving” a “problem” that doesn’t exist by creating a problem. What does that say about your intelligence, Veebs?