Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 14, 2021

At least the boss gets to go home.

The boss at home and the employees at work at 3AM…. or at least they should be.

He’s probably too tired to think through it anyway.

Hmm, first a country group accosts the Lady A name from a Seattle blues singer and now its big hit may have also been inspired by a story set there in the nineties? “It’s 3 in the morning, going for coffee, and I need you now”

The real Lady A:

https://www.ladyababyblues.com/

I doubt that any major chain coffee houses [DD] are open at 3AM.

Father of the year leaves young daughter at home alone to have 3 am coffee with woman 20 years younger than him.

There’s a very thin line between safe and boring…

Kim is right in the middle of Gen X. I remember when she was introduced as a kid from the books and then now all grown up. Trudeau did a great job capturing my generation with her.

Wake your boss up at 3:00 a.m. with any question, and the answer is, “NO!”

Lonely people do weird things. Just go with it and see where the train wrecks.

Mike’s on a slippery slope.

It’s Bernie, right? He sleeps alone?

Sometimes I think Mike and Frank from Liberty Meadows are twins….

Ah, dating while being a Parent

Calling the boss at 3 o’clock in the morning is never playing it safe.

Typical…the coders in the trenches are subsisting on Skittles at 3AM trying to meet the deadline, while the guy in charge can’t have his precious sleep disturbed…

l’ve always enjoyed this story arc, but it’s 3:00 a.m.; Mike is a single parent. Who is taking care of Alex???

Don’t forget the live-in babysitter.

He calls to get permission to get coffee with a coworker at 3:00 a.m., but WHO IS TAKING CARE OF ALEX??!?