Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 21, 2012

He who makes the gold, makes the rules! I think his name should be changed to JT! (Jive Talker) LOL

This is frickin hilarious!

TJ is the Weenie King!

This story line is brilliant. To think, some people used to hate the TJ character.

Witch on her knees? Did I miss a panel? That is some canny management management!

We can stay on this arc for a week or two, please?

Game over. Unsportsmanlike conduct, Greg loses. Nobody wins.

Fantastic :)

“You will ask permission to speak to me” BRAHAHAHAHAHA

Wait… I still wana to know more about that paper on the corner of Ann’s desk near the start of this story arc? Perhaps it was a notice of her bonus from H.Q. A bonus, I might add, she will never get again without the aid of her forsaken rainmaker.

Look’s like the ‘59-Second Employee’ is winning over the ‘1-Minute Manager’ (these are actually books).

Perhaps wealthy TJ is employing shills to purchase weenies when he is working?

Judging from the large number of comments posted here each day, it would seem that Evans has developed a nice storyline.

It’s a Comic! Anything can happen.

So it wasn’t Brad’s tally sheet. So TJ took more orders than anyone else at WW. Showed her how little she knows about people. She couldn’t push Toni around. She couldn’t make Brad tell Toni to go away. She couldn’t tell TJ what to call her or to come running at her beck and call. Yep – Ann is losing it!

Ok, so my imagination says that ann eiffel will be begging tj to come back and make her look good. Then she can get transferred somewhere she wants to go. Cause she sure doesn’t wan to to be here in this strip.

TJ finally had a plan that utilized his major personality traits. He’s a smart-alec, pain in the butt. Ann, will not put up with his “demands”, but he doesn’t care. He’s having fun.

Mr. Bill the Butcher claims to be an author yet can’t tell the difference between a novel and a comic strip.

A-MEN!

Yes, GREG. Please EXPLAIN to Us how that Grinning Jackass was able to get Folks to BUY more than one Hot Dog!

Oh, and Toni? Here’s YOUR chance to “Thank” TJ for getting Brad fired at Weenie World awhile back: Go to Ann and threaten to POUND her again if she doesn’t make Ole Smiley Assistant 3rd Shift Manager!

Hmm. I’d just suggest, guys, that you not count your chickens before they’re hatched, not laugh at Annie’s defeat until the war (not just one battle) is over. She is not that easy a target….

Why are so many people picking this story apart? Who cares, it’s FUNNY!

Too easy

Bill the Butcher, aren’t authors supposed to be good at comprehensive reading?

I’m here to tell ya, even the most infinitesimally microscopic nit has no chance at not being picked in these comments…. ;-)

I’m new here, who is this TJ?

Most of you would be amazed at how easy it is to get someone who, for example, orders a vodka/tonic to go from a $6 drink to a $11 drink by simply suggesting a higher shelf brand. Bill? I think we’d all hope you’d be more considerate of a “fellow author.” Tsk!

There are always those who will gripe and complain about one strip or another. If the storyline is so “stupid” or “idiotic” why don’t you simply stop reading it. I know if I don’t care for something like that I won’t keep trying to tell all the loyal followers how “bad” the line is but rather I’d read somthing else. I personally invite you to do just that. Go TJ, you rock! Oh, and keep rooting for Big Nate as well!

I think you all are celebrating a little too soon. Nothing goes this well for long. TJ is probably about to be thrown a curve ball!

Uhh… Remember… It’s a cartoon… Anything can happen that the artist wants to happen…

I only read the toons that I enjoy and can’t understand those of you who seem to be consistantly doing otherwise. You know what they say of those who repeat an action but expect a different result. . .

Where’s Mojitogirl? She’s good! I want to hear from her!

oops! I meant Mojitobaby

I like both of their expressions in the second panel.

If only it were this easy. My Dad had a job once, selling advertising space. He came up with a way of, if not actually doubling sales, increasing them significantly. It got results. It also got him fired, because it wasn’t the boss’ way, and the boss’ ego would not let things be done any way but his own.Interestingly, the boss’ name was ‘King.’ Guess it took it literally.

As response to Bill the Butcher, Greg did not have Ann stating that TJ doubled the sales for the entire store (although TJ does restate that his goal was to do so). Ann states that TJ’s “take” (assuming this means sales) is twice anyone else’s. This requires no suspension of belief. It is quite possible and as such, very likely that TJ has doubled up everyone else in “take” (sales).

Can’t see the cleavage when her back is turned.

Actually, simply being nice and pleasant is a huge factor. I work retail, and always try to smile and use friendly words to keep the customer comfortable. I don’t know how many people I’ve convinced to buy a little something extra or not put something back. My register totals are pretty good, and I get a lot of Thank Yous for being friendly. And I’m not really fake-y either, I love laughing and being friendly, so it’s just not hard for me.

I can’t get enough of this! :D

(Back a few days) Greg left out a few strips that explain Teflon Joker’s techniques. Doesn’t take too much imagination to fill in the holes. Joker yuks up the new customer who orders a hot dog, asks you want kraut or chili with that, and cheese? What’s your drink – bottomless? You want fries with that – supersized? Then he places the order and says it will be ready in a moment and turns to the next person and repeats the suggestions with variations – joking as he goes. Meanwhile the other clerks are robotic in taking the orders just as they are stated. Waits to take the next order until the previous one is delivered. Any doubt whose technique was more attractive – whose line do you want to be in?

TJ does not need the income from Weenie World.TJ’s sales are double that of the other counter people.Ann has not noticed that TJ is SERVING twice as many in line.Ann has not noticed an increase in PURCHASING.

Conclusion:

TJ is buying Weenie World credit cards, which, he has noticed, are fully refundable if not activated within 30 days.

Last two days of story line:

1. Ann fires TJ for the last time.2. Everybody, even Elwood and Shannon, are in line to get refunds.

Logical. Funny. Not a chance of my being right.

Is that a door knocker in panel #2, or steam rising from AE’s head?

I wonder whether TJ has overplayed his hand somehow.

TJ’s (probable) schtick of being friendly, efficient and quick with his orders is spot on. I get so tired of ordering what I want, only to hear, “Ya want fries with that?” or “d’ya want to supersize that?” If I had wanted either, I would have said so. Robotic morons behind the counter, in many cases.Can’t wait for TJ to drop the other shoe on Ann Awful! Hope it is a size 17.

I’m wondering if TJ can go too far with this. Most bosses would simply fire TJ. But TJ is playing this to the max. And Ann is his mark. She always watches not to cross the line from the boss side, but with TJ pushing – who knows?

Ooh, TJ’s on a roll!

I love how the author knows absolutely nothing about how anything in reality actually works.

TJ is looking good right now but his schemes are not always so successful…….and Annie is not that stupid. Love this comic strip and all the comments. It makes for an interesting read. KEA…..TJ is the curly headed guy in the red vest……Brad’s friend with whom he resides……..has a private income of unknown origin…….a great cook……a whiz at messing up.

Remember, TJ is first and foremost a con artist.

Go back to cutting cows, Bill. Go boo to the moos.

Get over yourself, Bill. It’s a COMIC.

Comics in general are supposed to be funny. I find this one funny. I don’t care about plausibility. IT’S FUNNY!!!!!!! Keep up the Great work Greg, you make me laugh!

Being on automatic is part of it, no doubt. However, at many places you are required to ask certain questions or risk being written up or possibly fired. Many companies have ‘secret shoppers’ that track exactly what you suggest to a customer and if you miss an item when you are waiting on them- even if they have stated previously that they do not want it- it counts against you.

I absolutely love it..The bad got BUSTED, (Yes!).and TJ is channeling constructively.

Gato cat,I love it,,a comic comment index count,,glad to see pearls strong,pastis one sick puppy,,the tj/Ann line very cheers like when cristy alley showed up at the bar so Sam had some moves to make,,in fact Ann like the alley character sorta,,but too bad she looks similar to Toni but brunette,disturbing,,

I have one more idea about that paper on Ann’s desk corner and the one she was reading when she gave T.J. the knife. It was H.Q. telling her to improve sales up… or else! And there she is giving the boot to her savior.

Go TJ Go!

yes, it seems a little too far-fetched…but maybe that’s TJ’s ‘reality’ and the real story is yet to be told?

Bill the Butcher… Then you have not had the opportunity to work in a real world. This stuff happens!. Maybe not for sales, but for other petty issues ala Brad! Maybe we can’t all get revenge, but it fun to see, if even in a comic strip.

Way ro go T.J.!<3

Bill… you are and author? Oh cool… so what nationaly circulated news paper can we read YOUR work in? oh yeah right…. we can`t.

So funny, love it

Hey… anyone who taps a word on this string is an author —so we’re all authors. However, one should never claim to “be” an author unless there is an ISBN # attached to your name.

I’m not here for a real “plot” but a fun read

I meant to say, the lines of customers. Added volume adds time to each transaction too. And if he’s doubled the volume, no doubt the grill man and his assistant doing the assembly must have been much busier than normal.

Now, now, Greg, I and many of my friends are witches and we are GOOD people. Have T.J. retract his statement :)

technically TJ could double the sales of “whole store” if he trains all employees……………… so next time they see each other, either Ann would be forced to accept that she can’t have TJ at WW as his demands are TOO HIGH or ……… she ends up convincing TJ to stay as her Assistant manager and withdraw the “ridiculous demands he listed”

@Kea:TJ is the oneon the left.

Comic strip. Drawn and read for fun, not believability. If you’re not having fun. Read one you like better instead.

I agree with you Bill the butcher. This is getting ridiculous. Time TJ learns the world doesn’t revolve around him.

Uh, “right” is sorta subjective – at the end of the “Brad gets rehired” arc there were a lot of really disappointed people who thought the easy-out ending was a cheat, and there was a lot of discussion, So if you’re racking up “right” points purely in terms of thumbs up, you’d be looking at Stephan Pastis’s backside a great deal of the time. The site is full of longtime readers, newbies and trolls who know that devoted fans will bite on their stupid bait,so you do the math. .The latter, btw, don’t give a damn about the strip OR the writer, just how much controversy they can generate and how many comments they can rack up.

Clydefrog sockpuppet troll alert, please do not feed.

So she has to ask permission to talk to him, apparently that has to be in writing, since to ask his permission is already breaking the rule.

Ann Eiffel? On her knees? I try not to think of the ramifications….

TJ’s register sales were higher than the others because he is a master con—I mean sales—man. I have a son who could sell snow to igloo dwellers.

I can describe TJ’s scheme in one word, “Brilliant!” I bet Ann Eiffel never imagined that she would ever meet someone as manipulative and unscrupulous as herself.

Not “feeding” includes never identifying (by name) those who wish to incite and otherwise aggragate others. **************************************************** I’ll be watching Monday to see if Greg continues showing this or picks up one of the other incomplete arcs. I know many of you want him to work harder and have spin-offs, but I have accepted that this way we never know WHO will be the focus du jour.

When TJ starts bragging, he usually is set up for a set back.

Do we ever get back to Quill and Luann?

Someone said that cartoons aren’t supposed to make sense. -Wow … ! That makes no sense at all.

Well said, BaldEagle!

Spigotman: I think you have some useful points regarding ISBN. However, I see two problems with it as an absolute criterion: 1. There is a lot of junk with an ISBN that I wouldn’t claim had any authorship; and 2. What about essayists, poets, and such whose works, unless republished in collections, lack the 50 page minimum to qualify for an ISBN?

Incidentally, give me about ten minutes for research and I think I can get you the ISBNs of most of my published authorship, although ISSNs would require too much time to bother. In fact, I think the list would be too boring to bother for the books as well. Suffice to say they include Scribner’s, Scarecrow, and my own publishing operation, Hippogriff Publications (thus my aka), plus innumerable magazine and newspaper articles and columns. Does that make me an author? My income tax form says “retired”, though I don’t believe it.

Okay, time for some fun. I think Tiffany should do a spread in Playboy. (Although Ann would really be better) Elwood could make the contacts.

So, Bill the Butcher . . . is my guess accurate that . . . Evans’ work is popular, and yours isn’t?

This is good…could backfire, though!!