Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 18, 2013

Those temps would work harder if their jobs were permanent and not seasonal.

Good thought, Hobbes.

I heard big box stores where bad ,what??

Don’t tick off the temp elves.

Those 15k items might be still stucked in the stack.

Not leave out the five million Dollars?

THAT’s the Christmas spirit: “Just gimmr the money, I’ll buy the stuff myself!”

Since when are stuffed tigers allowed to edit and proof-read correspondence?

Hobbes, ever the voice of reason.

LOL

Hey. What gives. Hobbes isn’t a real tiger?

Santa too?

Well, if you don’t want it, I’ll take it off your hands!

If Calvin is speaking for his creator, I can understand why Watterson never got any Christmas presents.

it’s so much for your requested Cal….

Might as well set your sights a little higher, Calvin. Be like Congress and ask for 5 BILLION!! lol

You’ll be lucky to get $5, Calvin.

Does anyone else recall Sally Brown dictating, “If it all seem a bit too confusing, make it easy on yourself. Just send money. How about tens and twenties?”

Even when they say seasonal, many will make some workers permanent after the holidays. They always need new people and they can try them out this way.

My experience with temps has been mixed. I worked with some very good temps on an ad hoc assembly line and they came up with more ways to improve the process than I could ever think of.

My current position is as a result of being a temp. It was supposed to be a 6-week gig to as a technical writer to work on a proposal. In that time I proved that I could do more than write. The 6 weeks lasted 2.5 years in which time I went to Hawaii and Japan, got to travel all over the US, got a rate increase, bonus to stay on until the end of the contract and got paid tons of overtime. I was better off then than I am now as a full-timer.

So don’t knock a temp gig. It’s an opportunity to audition for something bigger.

Big, rubber checks make great gag gifts.

I have a better idea, Hobbes.

I would scrap the whole letter.

LOL xxx

Ha. That’s some long list.

Calvin should shovel people’s sidewalks when it snows. Oh wait…that would mean he’d be being generous.

Now, now, the simplest solutions are always the best. True, it won’t work in this case, but, hey, it’s always worth the effort…