Adult Children by Stephen Beals for December 05, 2024

and minus the smell

Is that a dog under the table in the third panel? The teddy bear in the 4th panel is awake.

What gets me is when you find an empty (usually some type of "power"drink) soda can stuck on some random shelf.

I’m convinced that some people come into the store with the sole purpose of moving stuff around and making a mess. Some customers cannot pick up one item without knocking everything over in a 4-foot radius. And if they put the item back on the shelf, it won’t be returned to where it was found.

I’m going to like Russell.

Especially around the holidays.

I am very good at putting things back where i found them, with the correct orientation. I worked in retail for about 4 years.

My sister used to find something she thought she liked, then moved it elsewhere in the store, while still thinking about purchasing the item. She often still does it with stuff around her house. Then claims someone stole it!

What is pref-inflation? Is that when the inflation rate is at the Fed’s preferred 2-3%?

“And I ‘dried out’ a couple of times.”

What’s really irritating—as well as unhealthy and a waste—are the people that decide they don’t want a frozen item after all and just leave it wherever they happen to be. :-(

Fewer fires, too.

I think Russel will do well here, but I don’t know how long he will last. He may find prison life a bit easier on the nerves.