Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 02, 2009

Yeah – it still takes work …

I am told it can be quite lucrative - if you can find the right location.

If it looks too good to be true………….it is.

At least he can pick his own days off?

Key rules of being your own boss:

(1) The boss works harder than anybody else. (Whether it looks like it or not.)

(2) The boss has too many bosses: the customers. (There’s a reason they say, ‘The customer is always right.’)

Ahhhh, the joys of self-employment huh???

Good luck with that, Boss.

Actually, if you can fake some sort of disorder, you can make more than “honest workers.” We had a story in the news about a woman known as the Shaky Lady who commuted to Toronto to beg. She lived in a really nice house and had considerable disposable income, got to sit outside all day and be her own boss.

The moral of the story is, donate to homeless shelters and food banks instead. Or maybe, the moral of the story is that those of us working for the man in a bunch of cubes under fluorescent lighting are retarded.

He should not quit his regular job until he had the kit and read the manual. He might rethink his thinking. lol

Jumping the gun is an American way. How else could we get more of the homeless on the streets?

Tha man who quits and becomes to be a self boss is full of idiots!

stupid is what stupid does

Freedom has a heavy price.

i’ll give to the guy that says ” i just need a beer.”

Wiley, I’m curious… now that comics are online and you get semi-instant feedback from your target audience, does it help you in the long run? Does it give you new ideas on storylines, characters (not creation of, but new perspectives on how they act)?

I’ve been wondering that for a while (I’ve been reading your strip for years).

I decided to stop giving when the recipient complains it was only a buck and a quarter in quarters. Coins were not good enough, it had to be paper money. Last time I received the complaint, I told the guy he could just hand it right back. He kept the money.

Now I offer nothing on the streets, but still put canned goods in the food bank box at church from time to time.

there are people who take advantage of the truly needy and there always have been, or so it seems. i remember the “shaky lady” quite well, and would rather give to registered charities, but i still get the occasional pangs of guilt for ignoring panhandlers.

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Somebody always has to game the system, it seems.

Not being telepaths, we’ve no means of knowing who is in legitimate need of aid and who is scamming us. The only safe way to help is through legitimate organizations.

Always check ‘em out here first: http://www.charitynavigator.org/ and only give to the four-stars. That rewards the four-stars for using your money efficiently, effectively, and transparently; and motivates other organizations to get their act together.

Hey, Joe Allen! I used to be semi-homeless in the general vicinity of Hollywood and Vine, early 70s. Small universe.

I delete the ”SPAM” I get. KNOW IT’s CRAP

I, too, give only to registered charities, whether it be cash and or non-perishables.

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If someone is needy there is day labor available for those unwilling to go to the same job, at the same time every day.

Hey, right on the internet you can click and they’ll tell you how Google will pay you $7000 per month. See, we can all be wealthy now (I haven’t actually done it yet - I’m still waiting to hear from my friend in Nigeria).

pearlandpeach: I just need a beer. Thanks in advance.

I remember two older guys who walked around town here for years….one was always daper and clean….the other was a total bum and he looked like it When these two went “home” for the night it turned out they went to their cars to live….both Cadillacs as I recall…turns out they were brothers from a very rich ranching family….the clean one by the way…..had the most foul mouth of the two…the bum barely said a word.

I almost always try to give a little. I figure some change wouldn’t hurt & even if the so called homeless are not being honest, the blessings & the kind words they send your way, makes it more than worthwhile. I remember many yrs ago I was walking downtown one night, it was at a time when I was at a very low point of life myself. These bunch of homeless asked me for some change, I dug in my pocket & gave what I had, when I start to walk away they called me back & had me sit with them. they opened a cooler with all kinds of drinks & told me to help myself. 1 of them opened a backpack with all kinds of nick-nacks & said I could have anything I want. I got to be friends with them after that.

Just another one joining “Obama’s Army” But gee, he prevented 100,000,000 job losses this month with his non-stop spending, financed on taxpayers’ backs and huge borrowing from the Chinese.

Cell phones for the homeless is a legit expense, not a luxury. You can’t get a job if they have no way to contact you.

A classic photo I saw was of two panhandlers sitting outside a Tim Horton’s doughnut shop– directly beneath a huge “Help Wanted” sign in the window. You don’t know the whole story, of course (they were likely unemployable) but it’s an amusing sight nonetheless.

When I see a homeless person on the street with a dog or other type of animal, I give them food for the animal, or a coffee to the person, never money… :D

I used to give MRE’s during my guard days. I had to drive through downtown to get back home.