The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for August 16, 2022

And he is alone at home too.

Why bother? Nobody in their right mind would willingly want to go in.

He does it to keep out the ninjas.

It’d be sorta hard for him to lock it from the outside

At this company at least, there’s no one to challenge Chiefey. ;D

Quick, throw up a barricade on the outside!

The Chief has also unplugged his internet connection so he won’t have to see his stocks go down.

I remember having a lock on the inside of my bedroom door… my parents didn’t liked it when we used them.

Now if he would throw away the key life would be better.

He only does that while he’s counting his dough.

I think the Chief has learned that if you are going to be lonely, the top is the best place to be.

♪ “Lonely at the Top” ♪ is a good Randy Newman song. Wiki says it was written specifically with Frank Sinatra in mind, although he never recorded it.

My thought was if the boss has locked himself in the office, he hopefully wouldn’t catch them chatting at the water cooler. But knowing Veeblefester, he’s got cameras…

No open door policy there.

I tried that… but my Principal insisted that I let the students in

Only Brutus Thornapple would not be sharp enough to realize that The Chief only locks his door when Brutus is there.

It’s his guilty consequence, which keeps knocking on his stony heart and Greed keeps locking it.

That’s so anyone snooping can’t get out…

I hear you knockin’ but you can’t come in.

The only person Veeblefester can tolerate is himself, so he prefers the loneliness at the top.

When will he turn it into a bunker? At least Brutus knows it would be a waste.

Even Ebenezer Scrooge didn’t do that in his office. He did lock his bedroom door at night though. Semi-kindred spirits it would seem…..

Uh Brutus, that’s pretty much how people lock doors when they’re inside the room.

It’s not lonely at the top…. they have a lot of other rich people to hang out with!