Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for April 13, 2009

Ok, now you’re asst mgr, and you get to do the dirty work. Mr. Rod should be telling Joey this in person.

Mr. Rod clearly knows how to delegate authority.

SchmoozeMinkeyPro says: That’s DEROGATE authority, dsped….. Wow, Schmooze, I am impressed. That is exactly what it is.

der·o·gate (dr-gt) v. der·o·gat·ed, der·o·gat·ing, der·o·gates v.intr.

To take away; detract: an error that will derogate from your reputation. To deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray. v.tr. To disparage; belittle. See Synonyms at decry.

Baldo’s job already stinks - he has to fire someone his first day! Unfortunately, I’d probably enjoy that more than I should.

ej what are you? a sadist? I hope I will never have an employer like you. & thanks for the vocab lesson people, didn’t know reading funnies can be so educational.

Sorry Joey, now you have to find a REAL job and do some REAL work.

I am gonna miss joey.

I’m not!

really joey , do you think you would have lasted long enough at the store to retire?

I will miss him too junior. Slackers rule!

Too bad, Joey was often the funniest thing in this strip.

My take on this: Mr. Rod noticed the dip in revenues started exactly after he promoted Joey to Assistant Manager–ergo, he figured Joey needed to go first (along with some others for “revenue correction”).

Schmooze, slackers usually don’t have any bills.

Too bad for Joey So be it! He will not, can not, and shall not be retired from that auto shop. He has to find the odd job. Maybe he has to apply for stinky garbage carrier to work! Stupid and brown nose dude! Take a hike, Joey!

“You never saw in the strip Joey missing work” - as the old song said, “How can I miss you if you don’t go away?”

Watch Joey file a suit for wrongful termination.

The bastard is gone