Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 23, 2021

Not Nice! Leave Nancy Alone!!

and later on her respect

Yay! A NEW Story Arc!

That “Granny” is more gorgeous than those two girls put together.

This is an unexpected development! It looks like it’s taking longer than expected for Tiffany to make up her mind. On the other hand she seems to have already quit the Fuse leaving Nancy short-handed. I wonder if, by weeks end, Luann will be waitressing for her mom? (which would be a good move for L.

Uh Ohhhh…! This doesn’t bode well!

Nancy: “Go ahead, make my day.” As her index finger on her right hand twitches…

“Granny” owns the place, brats.

4th roommate debut! rudeness and….

It’s good to see an arc that features Nancy…

I told her to stick to the bar and the mixed drinks! 8^ )

So the move back to the dorms, quad or no quad, is left to another day. Sigh.

Tick, tick, tick…

And you girls, you need to learn good manners and how to be polite!

Ah.

And here We’re seeing an example of “difficult customers.”

Beginning to see more and more of them these days.

Don’t be so sure Nancy made a mistake here.

Some “folks” I know in real life make a point of being the “difficult customer” thinking they’ll get more or free food as compensation.

Their idea of a “good” tip is 50 cents to a buck.

And some “folks” wonder why other people would rather sit home collecting a Gov-Mint check than working in a restaurant.

That aside, maybe Nan’s got something on her mind. Or perhaps the Fuse needs more help. Could be that this week, We may be wondering “who” the new Fuse employee will be, whereas last week, We were wondering “who” the fourth roommate will be. Perhaps they’ll be one and the same.

And We’ll probably never get to see these two ladies again after this arc.

Rudeness and “age-shaming” aside, they seemed semi-interesting. ;)

Very accurate of the younger generation these days. No respect whatsoever. I was raised to respect and listen to those older than me, to learn and gain wisdom and insight. And I did. Especially from those from “The greatest generation” that went through WW2. Many of those in that generation simply amazed and awed me. Now kids call us “boomers” like it’s an insult somehow.

Hmmm… Where’s this going?

This is how you get the wait staff to pee in your beverage

Como si esas dos chicas no fueran a necesitarlos en el futuro. ¿Nancy no está en su derecho de limitar el servicio por la falta de respeto?

Perhaps leading to a Toni pregnancy??

She should return with iced peas and some ears of corn for their remark.

@Mordock999:

One of the biggest reasons why folks in the hospitality industry aren’t returning to their jobs right now is the fact that a lot of them caught COVID from customers (or are fearful of getting it now) because customers don’t want to wear masks, and a lot are not vaccinated. That is a big risk to take for a job that usually pays less than minimum wage because the expectation is that the customer will tip (except that the server has to split the tip with the bus person, the line cook, etc.)

Nancy go ahead, make there day.

Hmmm… Nancy might be looking for the bar guy that made a pass at her to bolster her self image!

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2020/04/25

They’re lucky she’s a nice lady, otherwise they might get some iced pee.

Someone’s getting spit in her ice tea

I’m gathering they don’t think she hears them, but indeed, Nancy does NOT need hearing aids.

Ladies, call home and tell mama to sell the out house, ’cause Nancy is going to have your butt.

Ugh, baby Karens. Nancy will probably stay calm and rant later, but we know she’s not scared to throw people out if they go after her staff so if the girls have any brain cells, that’ll be the only comments Nancy hears. I can see this reflecting one of those stories where a customer is being a snob and tries to play the “I know the owner” card without realizing the owner has been serving them the whole time.

So, we shall see if this week’s strip is gonna be Nancy getting home and venting (and possibly worrying about her age) or if it’s gonna be about her putting these customers in their place.

It happens. I feel sorry for Nancy.

Bill them for their tea (iced or otherwise) and then kick them out. They do NOT need to be so snarky towards you.

Time to clean out the ice machine a little.

Nancy should bring them some lovely durian fruit tea…

She’s about to be wearing that hot tea…

How do they know she’s a granny? She doesn’t look like one. Sheesh. To them anyone older than themselves are grannies. Nancy needs to call Tiff (out of her work uniform of course) and seat her with those girls so she could insult them – perhaps critique their clothes or makeup or hair. Or the Snark Queen. Put those girls in their place.

So where is this going? [Aside: So I started a sentence with “So”. So sue me.]

1) One of these rude customers ends up becoming the 4th suite-mate with Dez, Stef, and Tiff? [Suggested by RQ and by Mordy.]

2) One of them says something about somebody Nancy happens to know, and Nancy—sans hearing aids—can’t help overhearing? (And if so, what do they say about whom, and with what result?)

3) They become more and more difficult customers, perhaps including claiming to “know the owner” [as suggested by hermit48], imagining that Nancy will be intimidated? (And if so, how will Nancy react?)

4) Tomorrow, they finish their drinks and depart, never to be seen again, leaving Nancy with a 10¢ tip and leaving us to wait until Wednesday (or late Tuesday for west-coast folk) for the real start of this week’s arc?

5+) [your guesses here]

Looks like these young “ladies” forgot the First Rule – “Always be kind to your wait staff.” There “corrected” tea just might have a little “something extra” in it (e.g. a hocked loogie). Just a thought…

UNLEASH THE SHANNON! They deserve it.

Those are serious fightin’ words. Kick butt and take no prisoners, Nancy!

Snowflake plague.

If you don’t have anything nice to say, make sure the waiter or waitress doesn’t hear you… never know what you’ll be getting back with your order! This is not a joke!

When your waitress gets back, she’s going to pour your iced tea in your lap.

This is definitely an awesome design for two annoying casual teens♡. I hope they will become regular customers of the Café. Although, Nancy may not be exactly happy about it. I wonder if Tiffany will tell Nancy about her return to the dorm and maybe ask for advices. Seeing the two talk about it would be interesting.

One iced tea with extra spit coming right up.

Today’s strip enrages me!

Nancy’s got that look in panel 3…same look she had before kicking Anne Awful out…this should be good… (^.^)

Little tip, here, girls: NEVER insult a waitperson who’s about to bring your food back out to you.

They know how to do things to it in the back room. You’ll never know – but THEY’LL know.

Oh here’s your ice tea. oh im sorry, i thought you wanted it poured over your head. mustve forgot my memory pills again.

Anger at first, but maybe self-doubt later?

Isn’t everything being recorded now? Nancy could review it and see Little Miss XXXX did not say ICED.

And her boxing gloves. Any chance these chicks would complain about having to wear masks if the pandemic was taking place in the Luannverse?

Nancy might decide that she doesn’t need to work after all…

Careful— Granny might drool in your iced tea. I know EYE would be tempted…

Which laxative is liquid, colorless and flavorless? Maybe we’ll find out!

Not smart to heckle the waitress within her earshot… as I suspect we’re about to find out.

A new but weird story line?

Let me guess, one of these two will be the new suite mates at college.

Be careful witches, or you might end up with iced pea!

Looks like somebody just ordered iced tea with a dash of mop water.

You can spit in their tea if you want.

Oops! How clumsy of me!. I’m so terribly sorry miss. We have an excellent dry cleaners. Don’t worry, we’ll take care of it for you.

If you’re rude to waitstaff, be prepared for repercussions! So many stories about them spitting on/in your food – or WORSE!

I doubt that is what they ordered.

Granny owns the place and you two twits can now leave.

“What’s this?”

Hey, kid, Nancy isn’t the one who didn’t recognize a cup of tea.

The day will come when they’ll be Nancy’s age, and WISH they looked that good.

New villans in the Luann comic strip?

Is Nancy distracted from Luann’s announcement from yesterday? (I know, Sundays are usually stand alone, but, there has to be a reason for Nancy to be distracted at work.)

I hope this continues tomorrow. I want to see the outcome.

Nancy is only in her 40s right? That is pretty much the prime for a woman. In your forties the body is still strong, the brain has finally been reasonably educated (if diligent), and the combo along with the age and hard work usually puts a person past those “need to please everyone” thirties.

Those two should be jealous of Nancy rather than putting her down, though I suspect they are engaging in an intersection of ageism and classism worsened by some learned stereotypical misogyny.

Such silly guesses yesterday!

It will come as no surprise that in Luann’s family every few generations there is a Chosen One, she who is destined to wear the mantle of Crazed Albanian Phrenologist. Luann obviously has noticed the wordplay with Luna in her name despite the misleading extra “n” and has decided to accept the ritual challenge. When you soon see her decked in a 1918 swimsuit hung with bells (property of the previous Chosen One) while dancing with flaming swords you WILL understand. Personally, I think she has it in her!

Nancy also has a bigger car and more insurance. This b!tch’s, iced tea might just be a a frozen cube of tea.

p.s. Extra imaginary points to the people who correctly identify the movies by name and year that are referenced in my post on Luann’s to-be-attempted path.

The dark side of youth. I’ve met a few nasty young women like this. I always tell them Honey when you are my age I hope you are as happy as I am and look half as good! It shuts them right up. Women can be pretty awful to each other, especially when it comes to age. I hope Nancy teaches them a lesson. They need it. The satisfaction I get from all of this is age is the great equalizer. If you are a mean woman while young and lucky to live a long life some snarky young thing is gonna try and make YOU miserable!

Nancy is right to just exchange the tea. Just because the asses are braying, doesn’t mean you gotta bray back.

Nice drawing of the new speaking characters BTW. It’s been a long time since a new character came into play.

Ouch.

Considering Luanne’s age, Nancy’s grannyhood isn’t far off.

Why is she waitressing?

Typical response to somebody who didn’t hear something. People with hearing loss and/or mental health issues are ridiculed / laughed at.

Hearing loss is usually permanent, wear some hearing protection. By the time you realize you should have, its too late. I know. Younger people think it is so “Cool” that I have bluetooth to my iPhone and can listen without people knowing I am listening to something else. I would swap a boatload of “Cool” to get my hearing back to normal.

Mental health is another issue. A friend went through depression and it is amazing how even though they are fine now, the question “Have you ever been treated for … or Have you ever suffered from” appears all sorts of places. If you broke a leg you would see a doctor so if you have mental health issues, wouldn’t you see a doctor? Of course not! There would be a record of it and it will “mark you” for life.

While on my rank, you don’t have to scream if somebody wears hearing aids, it may be a loss at a certain frequency. Raise you voice a little but don’t start speaking so loud. Had a customer the other day raise their voice and I had to ask them to speak quieter.

Bring her hot tea! Hope she burns her tongue.

Granny? These two should only hope they age as finely as Nancy!

Youth will be served, the comeuppance they are so direly in need of.

The Incredible Arrogance & Palpable Disrespect of Youth, on full & deliberate display. Let’s see Where He take this week’s strip?

and that is why the Sign says “WE Reserve The Right to Refuse Service to ANYONE” .

I’ve needed a hearing aid since I was 30 … though these girls would still probably think that was “old” …

I think the insult is a McGuffin. I admit it is not my original thought, but skimming through the comments I saw one where the muse was over what might be distracting Nancy. There might be something to that thought,. but it as good as any other at this point. Maybe a twofer? Handle these two ignorant customers and a new arc leading too…?

Someone may be wearing their iced tea.

Old Jamaican saying: “Never call alligator ‘Long Mouth’ until you’ve safely passed it”.

Ok, not cool. Real world but not cool. Always treat others the way you want to be treated. Correcting a server on an order happens, be polite. If there server has multiple problems you don’t have to give as big a tip and maybe make a comment on the receipt, especially if you paid with a credit card. Btw, if the server has done an outstanding job give the tip a nice bonus and make a positive comment about them there.

Do you like tea spilled in your lap?Because this is how you get tea spilled in your lap…

Uh oh.

I agree will the entire line of posting above. People who presume superiority over others for ANY reason – let alone something as moronic and detestable as ageism – SHOULD NOT BE BREATHING OUR AIR.

And we shift to a ‘Make Nancy feel old’ storyline to help alienate longtime readers . . . .

I know this is old school but an order pad would have eliminated any confusion.

The perfect twist on this would be them asking about getting a job and Nancy explaining that she is the owner and is not hiring right now.

Two entitled people who have obviously NEVER worked a job dealing with the public. Working a few months in retail, especially over Christmas or at a summer beach resort will wipe those snarky remarks right out of their brains.

Never insult your server these days; you may regret it once you get home. Just saying.

Uh oh, look out girls!!

Oh girls, your day will come…..

“Granny” is also the owner of this establishment.

i’m expecting some retribution for that

I really hate snarky people. It seems people are practicing it to an artform any more

And a side trip to dip a bit of toilet water for your iced tea.

Seems Tiffany is off tracking down Stefani with her bribe.These two women need lessons in manners. Hope Nancy doesn’t take their comments to heart and quit. I’ll bet they are lousy tippers as well! Good waitstaff have my admiration for dealing with some customers.

We’ve had terrible service in many restaurants since we started dining out again in May. They are all short staffed since no one wants or needs to work. We are extremely patient and understanding, but it is frustrating to finish eating and not be able to leave because we cannot get our check.

They get more admiring “likes” that way.

I don’t think it’s wise to insult someone who will be bringing your drink or food.

Ohhh, this won’t end well for them. Age-shaming the waitress never does.

Young airheads forgot their manners

Interesting how many people clicked like.

Only in California would a woman like Nancy be considered to look old. Of course if she wanted revenge on the girls she could tell them that they dress like her daughter.

Yeesh. What is she, like 40? Hate to think what these girls think of real seniors…

the flip side of what Nancy experienced previously, i.e. from the nice looking guy at the bar. adolescent kids think that anyone over 30 is ancient. probably they also think that only kids their age wait tables in restaurants.

ONE:Never saw Luann’s Mom pitching in before.Must be a staff shortage.Three guesses who didn’t show up.

TWO:Why is “the customer always right” even when they deserve to be wearing their drinks? And that’s only because they’re out of cheese fondue.

THREE:Bring in “Mr.Yeeeeesssss” from GASOLINE ALLEY to wait on them.

“Iced tea? I’m sorry, I thought you said Iced Pee!”

It’s good to have a Nancy arc again.

Kids raised prior to the 1960s were often under the shadow of stuff like “children should be seen and not heard,” and other forms of strict discipline. Many kids gained a sense of empowerment against adults during the hippie era and the punk area – in some ways a good thing and other ways not. This often resulted in lampooning adult responsibilities. Drugs helped some to forego thinking about how they would support themselves eventually. In short, in some eras, adults needed deveop more respect for kids, and then later vice versa. A sad example of young arrogance is the teen character in the movie Juno saying to her father, “Silencio, old man.” In today’s toon, I hope most if not all readers think these young women are so not cool. I mean we all love Nancy…

Those stupid twentysomething women, am I right? It’s a good thing Luann will never become one of them, instead having the mind of a thirteen-year-old (and a fairly dimwitted one at that) until the end of time

Judging by Nancy’s expression, those two are going to pay very dearly for their rude behavior. At least, I sincerely hope so!

Granny’s going to spit in your ice tea.

Ouch. Not nice.

Must be relatives of Ann’s

Girls, I hate to break this to ya. But “granny” Nancy is still hotter than you. Now button your lips and show a little respect.

Pee in the tea.

I’ll bet she didn’t forget how to spit in tea

this will not end well.

Are there any restaurateurs (fast-food franchisees included) reading this? If so, what would happen to one of your employees if you found out they had engaged in the sorts of “revenge” on a customer—even a rude one—that many commenters are suggesting above? And what do you think would happen to your business if the local health department or other relevant authorities found out that you, an owner, had intentionally tampered with a customer’s food or beverage?

Wrow-wrow!

Rude. She heard you loud and clear you obnoxious witches.

cue the ominous music

With any luck, they’ll be there some say,

Class has passed.

I wonder would they be surprised to find out that Granny owns the place?

Sic Em, Nancy!!!!

Since we seem to be on a “iced pee” jag today:

Nancy: “Hey, girls – that pee yellow Mustang you guys drove up in, it is belching fire and burning down in the parking lot. But before you go, that will be $11.73 – no tip necessary…”

Another illustration of the generation that prides itself on being non-judgemental, being….judgemental.

These two will Not be winning any Brownie Points today.

Nancy: “Did you see the sign where you came in? It said we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. Well, I own this place. Get out.”

Nancy should have an accident. Maybe “accidentally” spill some hot tea on those two girls.

Granny gonna spike your “tea,” little snots!

I wonder what these little b——-es will be like when they are Nancy’s age.

My thought is if you order “tea” you want it hot. If you want iced tea, you order “iced tea”.

Makes me mad! Granny my foot!!!

@PAR85:

Having spent some time in the Southern US, I found that a lot of people order ‘sweet tea’ (which IS sweetened, by the way) when they mean ‘iced tea with a lot of sweetener’. I have to wonder if the customers are from the south…

There’s a litmus test for whether a person is good enough for you to get into a relationship with. Look at how they treat people they have power over, like waitresses, sales people, dogs….

I’d say about an ounce of liquid nitrogen ought to ice it, but she may have trouble getting her spoon back out before she drinks it

We need 24 hour a day recorders. Check if she said “iced tea” or just the ambivalent “tea.”

(makes you start to appreciate my beloved Shannon)

And it’s on.