Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 09, 2024

Rat serves a useful purpose by creating work for problem solvers like Goat.

Rat could have a future in… oh wait he already was President, never mind. Maybe in business then.

People could hire him to cause problems for their competitors.

Mayhem’s spirit animal..

I’m sorry, we already have that position filled….

Every two years, problem-causers seek employment for half the 435 seats in the House; every three years, problem-causers seek half of the 100 seats in the Senate; and every four years, one idiot seeks to be the biggest problem-causer.

They should team up, Rat causes a problem and then Goat comes up with the solution. Kind of sounds like how government works except it never really solves the problem, just throws more money at it while lining the pockets of certain benefactors with coin.

Rat as problem causer is suited for only one job in any company: CEO. He just has to find a company that hasn’t figured that out yet.

Politicians might pay him to manage their opponents’ teleprompters.

Contrary to what others said above, you need to be more than a problem-causer to run for Congress. You have to act like you’re problem-solver.

Same

Rat, you are the reason we need Goat!

I have experienced problem solvers try to solve non-existing problems to further their career!

The folks who do “quality testing” are good problem causers. Just ask the folks whose product they’re testing.

The joke where i worked as a programmer: The QA department finds bugs. For that to work, of course the programmers have to WRITE the bugs so they can find them. Our group’s motto “We write the BEST bugs!”

Too late for me to read all the comments so don’t know if somebody else mentioned it, but Rat probably freelanced at Boeing.

Rat’s motto: If you do what you love, you never work a day in your life.

In most of the places I’ve worked, the worst problem causers are called consultants.

Well someone must be hiring them, since you see so many of them at work.

For me, it’s responsibility I am the most responsible person at my work …Whenever something goes wrong, you can bet I’m responsible…

For many, Problem Causer is an OVERQUALIFICATION!!

It’s not quite the same as solving problems, but I have acquired a certain amount of skill at avoiding them. For example, if I lived in PBSville, I’d probably be pretty good at avoiding Rat.

I hear Boeing has some openings for problem causers.

Sounds like that could be leveraged for a job in Quality Control…if Rat actually gave a darn about that kind of thing.

Rat takes great pride in messing things up and making people miserable. He’ll do it all for free.

I follow directions precisely, to the letter. Sometimes too literally, but I find that fun.

Can’t call it a skill set but being a hip, trendy entitled minority, skill, competence and work ethic not required, is huge today. Cell phone requited. Obviously. And, of course, the old tried and true ones… brown nosing, being related to the boss and, of course, boinking the boss. Skill, competence and work ethic not required for those, either.

Mayhem, like him.

I’ve since retired, but that guy used to work with me.

Saboteur

He could try to get hired as the range danger officer.

Rat must be a Republican.

The next consultants that come into a job have to undo everything the last consultants screw*ed up

It’s a vicious cycle, rascals turn people into idiots and idiots listen more to rascals. Wake up folks.

You sure about that, Goat? My employer seems to keep hiring them.

Well, when my RBOC downsized, I enslaved computers to do my work. Just a small problem for my replacements at my promotions.

Companies may not be hiring problem-causers, but they sure as hell end up with a lot of them.

The FSB are probably looking for a few bad men, Rat.

Build a better rat trap and they will come.

My super power is that I can break everything.

All seats in the House are up for re-election every two years: Art. I, Sec. 2, U.S. Constitution: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the People of the several States…