The Crustwood Coffee Club has sure been deserted the last couple of mornings….(“Deserted”…hmm…. that coulda been a pun….donuts, pie, you know… but… it wasn’t.}I can’t get the magnified image tonight. Enlarging the low-res one doesn’t let me read the movie title or see some of the detail….But one “detail” you can’t miss at any resolution s that these guys shouldn’t be paid at all, much less overtime.
Every minute they work is “overtime”…. cos it’s long past their usefulness on the job.And worse, their smug smiles say they KNOW it, and they think they’re pulling one over on their employers. AAAGGGHHH…
I gotta sleep.. should be home by the time I post on Monday’s comics, Marg….Toodle-oooBTW nice picture. Was trying to figure out that little creature (?) yesterday…. :)
I had no problem with the movie title and it goes with Burl’s shirt. You Only Live Once, Die Another Day (on Ice, of course). I like that the chair is being protected from VO5 (I still use a little dab of that). And Twinkies?! Dales shirt changed case, and I also wondered if Timmy was saying part of Dale’s speech.
I thought at first that Burl is getting Time and a half for the harrazzment of the time management consultant. One engineering office here hired one of those for a week and he interviewed each of us. I told him that the biggest waste of time in that company was all the meetings they have to little or no purpose. Like one Dilbert strip, they could even have a meeting to plan a meeting… The boss of that place made it seem like we were living a Dilbert strip.
@Dave- then there must be more like that- sadly it does not surprise me. The last one in IL was an exception. That office Grumman Butkus in Evanston was so well run (winning awards AND making money) that I only left for the weather here. Now that I find myself retired and will be 75 this year, I think I chose well in spite of having some flakey bosses here. The one in particular was so bad that his Jr partner “retired” and took a job in another firm (but his new boss did not want women, being a middle easterner).
I don’t imagine those storage places NEED a high quality of employees in general. The factory workers in the places where I designed equipment and did time studies were usually hired from temp places who stocked those with little talent or ambition (like Burl Penny) but they were still glad to lose that one job that I eliminated when I designed that machine.
For Pete’s sake.. lighten up…. When the CEO can get 20 Million for the easiest job of all… these 2 guys have it just right…. their way of getting even…… ! ! !
I am proud to say I always earned my pay (doing a days work or more for my day’s pay) and often promised more for lots of overtime that was never delivered. My BF and I have that old fashioned work ethic in common – I think it may have been a trait of the middle classes from our generation, born in the 1930s.
margueritem over 12 years ago
In other words, Timmy, there is no difference in their minds, you work slower in either instance.
margueritem over 12 years ago
‘Clueless in Crustwood’, starring Burl Penny.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Mornin’ Marg, et al….
The Crustwood Coffee Club has sure been deserted the last couple of mornings….(“Deserted”…hmm…. that coulda been a pun….donuts, pie, you know… but… it wasn’t.}I can’t get the magnified image tonight. Enlarging the low-res one doesn’t let me read the movie title or see some of the detail….But one “detail” you can’t miss at any resolution s that these guys shouldn’t be paid at all, much less overtime.
Every minute they work is “overtime”…. cos it’s long past their usefulness on the job.And worse, their smug smiles say they KNOW it, and they think they’re pulling one over on their employers. AAAGGGHHH…
I gotta sleep.. should be home by the time I post on Monday’s comics, Marg….Toodle-oooBTW nice picture. Was trying to figure out that little creature (?) yesterday…. :)
ekw555 over 12 years ago
not sure which is more confusing, his expanation, or the extra “connection” to the word bubble that seems to point to Timmy.
I wonder if the word “AND” should read “THEN”.
PoodleGroomer over 12 years ago
Any important, technical, or additional work must be done on overtime.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
I had no problem with the movie title and it goes with Burl’s shirt. You Only Live Once, Die Another Day (on Ice, of course). I like that the chair is being protected from VO5 (I still use a little dab of that). And Twinkies?! Dales shirt changed case, and I also wondered if Timmy was saying part of Dale’s speech.
InTraining over 12 years ago
Makes cents to me…. ! ! !
MeGoNow Premium Member over 12 years ago
Timmy needs to run away from home. He’s been there too long when he can predict what those ninnies are going to say.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
I thought at first that Burl is getting Time and a half for the harrazzment of the time management consultant. One engineering office here hired one of those for a week and he interviewed each of us. I told him that the biggest waste of time in that company was all the meetings they have to little or no purpose. Like one Dilbert strip, they could even have a meeting to plan a meeting… The boss of that place made it seem like we were living a Dilbert strip.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
I will say- every place in Chicago area I worked (except Zenith) was run more efficiently than any place in Phoenix.
mikie2 over 12 years ago
Burl ‘n’ Dale are true professionals—at laziness and scheming. Somebody has to rescue Timmy!!!
vldazzle over 12 years ago
@Dave- then there must be more like that- sadly it does not surprise me. The last one in IL was an exception. That office Grumman Butkus in Evanston was so well run (winning awards AND making money) that I only left for the weather here. Now that I find myself retired and will be 75 this year, I think I chose well in spite of having some flakey bosses here. The one in particular was so bad that his Jr partner “retired” and took a job in another firm (but his new boss did not want women, being a middle easterner).
finale over 12 years ago
Timmy would do better being raised by Gypsies in a sideshow.
fma over 12 years ago
Not to worry about Timmy – he’s smarter than the rest and therefore not surprised at Dale’s answer.
GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago
Oh, I’d love to be their boss for just one day, but it wouldn’t take me that long to clear out the Crustwood deadwood.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
Very welcome! I’m watching the RT Hawks right now. Their 3 eggs have not quite begun to hatch yet as predicted (not even the little pip in the shell).
GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago
marg, I’d get it done before lunch. Then I could tender my own resignation in the afternoon, knowing I did what I set out to do.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
I don’t imagine those storage places NEED a high quality of employees in general. The factory workers in the places where I designed equipment and did time studies were usually hired from temp places who stocked those with little talent or ambition (like Burl Penny) but they were still glad to lose that one job that I eliminated when I designed that machine.
InTraining over 12 years ago
For Pete’s sake.. lighten up…. When the CEO can get 20 Million for the easiest job of all… these 2 guys have it just right…. their way of getting even…… ! ! !
vldazzle over 12 years ago
I am proud to say I always earned my pay (doing a days work or more for my day’s pay) and often promised more for lots of overtime that was never delivered. My BF and I have that old fashioned work ethic in common – I think it may have been a trait of the middle classes from our generation, born in the 1930s.