Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 05, 2019

“Do you want room for sugar?

“Yeah, and also leave room for insulin.”

Rat should have been fired after his last transgression.

When did Larry get a human disguise?

Do you want room for a dead rat in your coffee?

Me Tarzan, you Jane.

Rat should find a different job where he doesn’t have to deal with customers who snark at him.

Now surely customer has a bed in a room from a hospital, maybe include a shower.

“Do you want rheum?” Rat will be happy to coff in you coughee.

Howard is getting tired of this, Rat.

There are no exceptions. And don’t call me Shirley.

Room is an Afrikaans word for cream. Perhaps it is also the Dutch word for cream. But it still leaves a large question mark hanging over the strip today. ???

They can put all sorts of stuff in your coffee except milk and sugar and they want a tip?

Never heard this expression. Has grammar got that bad ? I thought he offered him rum !

How can they have this conversation twice in one week without rat being fired? Maybe rat could apply for a job running a wood chipper.

There should be no room for pretentious baristas with stupid expressions.

You want the room? You can’t handle the room!

This joke is just great for foreigners learning english!

They ask me if I want room (for cream) when I order tea.

Do I look British to them?

He’s gotta be a dumb customer all right. He never objected about the rat infestation in this place!

Maybe it’s because I never drink coffee, but I don’t get it.

Not unless you want to lose your job, Rat.

Rat is a complete misfit in any customer-facing job!

ROA #132: It is never impolite to punch a store employee, but if you break it, you bought it.

That was a swift shift in syntax and speaking style.

And here I thought Pastis was talking about the “ME” world we live in today ! ….. Croc Power!

RAT doesn’t have patience for anything…..lol

??

You want rheum, or have you been rubbing your eyes?

Thinking about coffee gives your brain a boost. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2019/03/29/simply-thinking-about-coffee-gives-your-brain-a-boost-study-suggests/#bc8d03758e21

“Again, you should have put that on the application! I wasn’t joking the last time, gosh darn it!!!”

Not being a coffee drinker, this panel was lost on me. Reading through the comments helped explain it to me.

It seemed like a generous offer!

I don’t want room for cream, but I do want enough room that coffee won’t spill over as soon as I touch the cup.

“Me want kick in the nuts.”

“There are no exceptions. And don’t call me Shirley.”

Looks like rat stopped giving pig vocabulary lessons.

Me want lawyer.

Wow, this guy must be desperate if he hasn’t fired, Rat, yet

Starbucks got sued for not providing a full cup of coffee, so now the baristas check.

I don’t drink coffee, so I’d never heard that term.

I’m with Rat on this one.

Where IS the bat?

STOP calling me Shirley!!

???

I always did a lot better working where I didn’t have to face customers. Stupidity can be (sometimes) avoided once you know your co-workers.

Not even if they really REALLY need punching??

No exceptions, even if they seem to be asking for it!

I’ve never bought coffee. I don’t know what he mean by, “You want room?”

Huh. Usually Rat acts rude first.

I’ll be honest if I had customers like these I’d also beat em up