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August 1, 2023

Re-employed

by David M Willis on May 3, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Faz Is Great

└ Tags: jason, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    May 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    It’s funny because it’s true!

    …

    *sob*

    (least interesting scenario: Bartender comes back and calls their bluff, Jason fesses up and points out it’s Walky’s prank, no harm done)

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      May 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      It’s Walky!…’s prank

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      May 3, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

      Oh the arbitrary bullshit of being an adult. Oh the insane about of wading through bullshit that is arbitrary.

    • Jack Spade
      Jack Spade
      May 3, 2018 at 6:32 pm | #

      Better solution:
      Real bartender comes back with Glazlo, who Wally convinces to hire Jason. Then Wally convinced Glazlo he’s 21, and drunken revelries continue.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        May 3, 2018 at 7:02 pm | #

        Glalzo, proprietor of Glalzo’s Pizzaz and Sbuubs

        • Knuf Wons
          Knuf Wons
          May 10, 2018 at 4:01 pm | #

          Suburbs

  2. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    May 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Really that’s the only way it could have ended

    • foamy
      foamy
      May 3, 2018 at 4:35 am | #

      Top 10 Anime Betrayals!

  3. CleverTrousers
    CleverTrousers
    May 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Called it.

    • Stu
      Stu
      May 3, 2018 at 1:11 am | #

      I just have to wonder whether Walky has any clue as to who Jason slept with, though.

      • Freezer
        Freezer
        May 3, 2018 at 9:41 am | #

        Nope, because Walky would’ve felt compelled to “defend his sister’s honor” (Because Walky) and Jason would’ve had to thrash him in self-defense. These things haven’t happened, so we know Walky doesn’t know.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          May 3, 2018 at 10:49 am | #

          Not sure about that, but he would have reacted in some fashion.

          Jason’s hinted at it, but it seems Walky hasn’t caught on.

  4. Elliot
    Elliot
    May 3, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    This is so cute! I love Jason smiling.

    • lilyliv
      lilyliv
      May 3, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      I was just about to comment about that. That smile is adorable.

  5. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 3, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Jason will now charge Walky for the drinks he’s been giving him all day.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      May 3, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      And call for a ride to take him back to the dorms.

  6. BKC
    BKC
    May 3, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Jason must be really drunk if he’s using “bullshit” as an adjective and the word “adulting” in any context whatsoever.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      May 3, 2018 at 1:28 pm | #

      A friend of mine came up with a strong defence of the word “adulting”, since it indicates that being an adult something you have to actively be doing, not just a natural state of people over the age of [some arbitrary age between 15 and 25 depending on culture and context]. And, therefore, that there are times when, due to tiredness, disability or whatever, we might find ourselves unable to adult. As someone who’s been waiting for an autism diagnosis for years and doesn’t feel they can say “sorry, it’s my autism” until I get one, I quite like the idea of being able to say there are situations where I just can’t adult.

      I’m not sure Jason would agree, but I think he’s only using the word because he’s paraphrasing Walky.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        May 3, 2018 at 3:15 pm | #

        Verbing weirds language.

    • Jay
      Jay
      May 3, 2018 at 9:18 pm | #

      Fun fact according to most word experts (yes that’s a thing) a word is a word the moment it is said, being in the dictionary means nothing to the validity of a word. As long as you have a meaning behind it it can be world.

  7. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 3, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    I wonder if Galasso will just roll with it. I hope so, since Jason looks like he might be taking Walky’s lifeline he tossed out for him.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      May 3, 2018 at 1:09 am | #

      Of course, given the tipping situation, Jason’s likely to earn the hate and ire of his newest coworker.

      …. and then end up hate-fucking her, because apparently that’s his thing.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        May 3, 2018 at 1:09 am | #

        ((Really, it’s been over 24 hours since her first appearance and she’s not in a ship yet? We’ve been SLACKING.))

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      May 3, 2018 at 1:34 am | #

      He hired Becky pretty easily…

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 3, 2018 at 10:34 pm | #

        He did, but that was due to firing someone literally right before that, creating an opening. Though, I suppose it’s possible they were still understaffed.

        • NelC
          NelC
          May 5, 2018 at 6:48 pm | #

          They’re obviously understaffed as of a few strips ago, as Barb was away for long enough for four or five customers to get served.

  8. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    May 3, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    On the plus side, this means that once they sober uo they can have sex with no repercussions!

    (seriously though, this is happening right)

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      May 3, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

      “And y’aren’t in charge of nobody you shouldn’t be bangin'”.

      “Then get out of my bar.”

      Not gonna lie, I took that in the wrong way.

    • Derek
      Derek
      May 3, 2018 at 8:24 pm | #

      Not gonna lie. I’m kinda shipping it. I image Jason being like that freaky lady from Futurama, going all “Dirty boy!” on Walky.

  9. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    May 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    I actually find this funny.

  10. Sionyx
    Sionyx
    May 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Because Jason doesn’t want to get UN-reemployed, Walky. And as an Official Employee, Jason must follow the rules. You DID notice what happened that time he didn’t, right?

  11. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    May 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    *gasp* Walky, get your disguise!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      May 3, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

      Walky might not be old enough, but Reginald, Duke of Thingley is definitely of age to drink!

  12. Jay
    Jay
    May 3, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    New book title: Life is Arbitrary and Bullshit

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      May 3, 2018 at 12:49 am | #

      I like the full line. The title to end all titles.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      May 3, 2018 at 10:22 am | #

      Agreed. It’s definitely an early front-runner.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        May 3, 2018 at 7:16 pm | #

        The book is over halfway over but OK

  13. Keulen
    Keulen
    May 3, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

    Adulting sucks.

  14. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    May 3, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    Okay, but would he be more or less flexible for someone else exactly Walky’s age who came into his bar?

  15. WikiDreamer
    WikiDreamer
    May 3, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

    *golf claps for Walky’s true cleverness right here*
    You done good kid….now get out the man’s bar.

  16. Keulen
    Keulen
    May 3, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

    Considering how much of a lightweight Walky is, I don’t think he needs more booze.

  17. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    May 3, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

    So this pretty much confirms that Jason HASN’T been fired from his TA gig.

    (Also, because Sal’s not a narc and all the administration has is Penny’s bullshit accusation.)

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      May 3, 2018 at 7:17 am | #

      How does it confirm anything like that?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        May 3, 2018 at 8:19 am | #

        Because he’s HAPPY this way. So it can’t happen.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          May 3, 2018 at 6:45 pm | #

          Lack of a green card is going to stop him doing it.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            May 3, 2018 at 9:39 pm | #

            Fool! Galasso cares not for cards of any color. The bow-tied one has claimed the job. If he can hold it, it is his!

  18. Dylan
    Dylan
    May 3, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

    Sorry Jason but you know what’s another arbitrary adulting rule? You need a license to be a bartender!

    • Dylan
      Dylan
      May 3, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      Oh God I’m hipster Danny. This is the worst case scenario

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        May 3, 2018 at 12:35 am | #

        Lemme point out that Mary is in the random Gravatar pool.

        • dethtolldotmid
          dethtolldotmid
          May 3, 2018 at 3:44 am | #

          *high pitched scream*

        • Zatar
          Zatar
          May 3, 2018 at 6:00 am | #

          Oh yeah I have memories of THAT fucking me up.

        • 3oranges
          3oranges
          May 3, 2018 at 9:56 am | #

          Mary was assigned to me for a while. And it’s funny, I wouldn’t write any differently than I do now, but I would read it back and it would seem like I was being much more hostile.

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          May 3, 2018 at 2:14 pm | #

          Peter is in that pool as well.

          Meanwhile, Danny 2.0 with his rad ukulele skills to play some NIN songs with is one of the best things you can end up with.

          • taekwondogirl
            taekwondogirl
            May 3, 2018 at 10:40 pm | #

            This is the sort of thing that makes me curious to find out what I’d get stuck as. Not enough to go through the process of figuring out how to let it override my gravatar stuff.

    • Dark_T_Zeratul
      Dark_T_Zeratul
      May 3, 2018 at 12:38 am | #

      Fortunately, in Indiana getting that license is as simple as paying $100 for a 3-hour online need course.

      • Incomitatus
        Incomitatus
        May 3, 2018 at 1:45 am | #

        Gah… that’s expensive. I mean, our course in Nevada is about as long and we have to take an exam in person, but it costs $20.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          May 3, 2018 at 5:07 am | #

          I’ll make you feel the exact opposite then. Here in Ohio, as I’ve been told by bartender friends, there isn’t a licensing requirement by law, even if many employers do still require the equivalent certification, and the class is about $10 for a online class which many employers are willing to cover the costs of, including allowing completion on the clock, because it helps cover their asses if the bartender messes up.

    • PB
      PB
      May 3, 2018 at 1:10 am | #

      [a href=”http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-7/01-glower-vacuum/references/”>Galasso does not require such things.

      • PB
        PB
        May 3, 2018 at 1:10 am | #

        Dammit

  19. Stellar
    Stellar
    May 3, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

    Huh, Drunk Walky is quick on his feet.

  20. Stellar
    Stellar
    May 3, 2018 at 12:31 am | #

    If life were meant to be fair and equitable we wouldn’t have Australian superhero movie stars,

  21. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    May 3, 2018 at 12:55 am | #

    -laughcries-

  22. Garry
    Garry
    May 3, 2018 at 12:57 am | #

    Walky needs a bowtie. No man under 21 would dare put on a bowtie.

  23. K. Ivan Ruppert
    K. Ivan Ruppert
    May 3, 2018 at 1:21 am | #

    I mean…

    Dude ain’t wrong.

  24. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    May 3, 2018 at 1:31 am | #

    What do you know? Jason can teach!

  25. BenRG
    BenRG
    May 3, 2018 at 1:53 am | #

    I figured that this would end with Jason dumping Walky one way or another. Now I know how it is going to work out.

  26. Poskie
    Poskie
    May 3, 2018 at 1:53 am | #

    I do wonder if Galasso too will be swayed by the power of Jason’s bowtie and hire him?

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      May 3, 2018 at 2:00 am | #

      Anything is game at Galasso’s so probably yes XD

  27. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 3, 2018 at 2:57 am | #

    Just a heads up Jason – it’s generally frowned upon for a bartender to boff his customers as well.

    • Khno
      Khno
      May 3, 2018 at 7:18 am | #

      really? I must tell my bartender friends about it, the bartending, they might not doing it aptly.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      May 3, 2018 at 7:20 am | #

      Really?
      I mean, not on the job and not by getting them drunk, but otherwise?
      Why not?

      • Tgape
        Tgape
        May 3, 2018 at 9:41 am | #

        My guess? Bartenders are frequently in a position to get a lot of compromising information about people, especially their most frequent customers. It’s easier to disallow all customer dating than it is to police the blackmail potential. Of course, the blackmail potential could take many other forms, including economic, or requiring a hookup with a non-customer that the customer is somehow associated with…

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        May 3, 2018 at 9:41 am | #

        Well, OK, frowned upon by me.

        The “not on the job” is what Jason failed with Sal as well.

        The “not by getting them drunk” puts you in a tricky situation as a bartender.

        Better wait until your day off, is all I’m saying.

        • TemperaryObsessor
          TemperaryObsessor
          May 3, 2018 at 10:15 am | #

          By on the job do you mean at a time when Sal had reason to believe still he had a say in her grades? If so yes. Otherwise, what he did wrong was essentially ignoring strong hints that she had ulterior motives the first time and not extrapolating she’s mad that I had sex with her the first time I shouldn’t do it a second time the second time.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            May 3, 2018 at 10:52 am | #

            Well, it was also “on the job” in the sense that it was during a time he was supposedly working. At least the second time – the first time their tutoring session may have been outside his normal office hours.

            And the thing he did wrong was banging a student at all.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          May 3, 2018 at 10:42 am | #

          Okay, that makes sense.

          I was thinking more in the same kinds of terms as teacher-student relationships: You wouldn’t need to ban a partner from your bar or get someone else to serve them or anything like that.

  28. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    May 3, 2018 at 3:26 am | #

    A bar with a 21 years drinking age that close to a college campus?
    Cant have a lot of customers, can they?

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      May 3, 2018 at 3:42 am | #

      It’s also a pizza and sub restaurant.

      • FacelessDeviant
        FacelessDeviant
        May 4, 2018 at 6:33 am | #

        Ah yes, of course. That makes it clearer, thank you.
        That would make it work.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 3, 2018 at 10:33 am | #

      It’s not a bar, it’s a pizza place (and subs) that also includes a bar.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      May 3, 2018 at 10:44 am | #

      “Oh, fake ID. You’re the only friend I’ll ever really need.”

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      May 3, 2018 at 7:05 pm | #

      Grad students are a thing. There are plenty of bars in Ann Arbor (home of the University of Michigan which I attend) too, and they also have a 21 year drinking age. Since ya know our country does. I have played several games at the university’s D&D club with what one might describe as an alcohol aficionado.

  29. Khyrin
    Khyrin
    May 3, 2018 at 3:32 am | #

    Now… when does Jason realize that he likely won’t be able to stay on his student visa as a Bartender?

    • NOrAh
      NOrAh
      May 3, 2018 at 6:55 am | #

      Can he stay as a student?

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        May 3, 2018 at 9:38 am | #

        Mixology 101.

    • Tgape
      Tgape
      May 3, 2018 at 9:46 am | #

      If he’s still a student, he can stay on his student visa. I’m not aware of any colleges that expel people as students because they were faculty and banging students. They just fire them as faculty. There is, after all, no rule precluding students banging other students. (Though, of course, age restrictions can apply – there’s no law that shields students who bang other students from laws that would apply if they weren’t students. This parenthetical comment brought to you by the autistic Internet lawyer association, of which I am not a member, nor am I a member of any bar in any standing, nor do I have any official legal training of any sort. I’m not a lawyer, I’m not your lawyer, and all that jazz.)

      • Amanda
        Amanda
        May 3, 2018 at 7:49 pm | #

        If he’s still a student, he can’t work at the bar on a student visa. We don’t care who he’s banging, we just care if he’s working off-campus; he’s probably on an F-1 visa and you can’t work off-campus while on an F-1(or even J-1) visa. Unless there’s outstanding economic/financial circumstances, then they’ll cut him some slack and authorize permission.

        Working off-campus is a quick road to losing student status, and it’s a long and expensive af process to get back into status. (this comment brought to you by my job, where I tell students every day that no, you can’t drive for Uber or Lyft)

    • ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      May 3, 2018 at 11:17 am | #

      This is how Galasso recruits half of his employees

  30. gevouden
    gevouden
    May 3, 2018 at 4:02 am | #

    I know Those are supposed to be drunk bubbles, but around Jason they look like bishonen sparkles .

    • Nenja
      Nenja
      May 3, 2018 at 8:11 am | #

      or dandruff.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      May 3, 2018 at 10:14 am | #

      Since Jason’s ‘boozles’ (thank you, Berke Breathed) aren’t as large and pronounced as Walky’s, does that mean the alcohol he’s consumed is wearing off as he sobers up – or his natural tolerance is higher – and he’s no longer as affected by the booze as Walky is?

      • geno
        geno
        May 3, 2018 at 12:17 pm | #

        I’d go with tolerance. Walky and Sal have zero tolerance, and thus are drunk by a sip of anything alcoholic. Jason on the other hand is the type of person to carry multiple flasks on his person.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          May 3, 2018 at 3:29 pm | #

          Though he’s apparently drunk much more – multiple flasks while Walky’s only had sips, so you’d think it would balance out.

          If Jason’s really drunk multiple flasks of tequila and is still this functional, he’s probably in Billie’s weight class as a drinker. 🙂

  31. Side One
    Side One
    May 3, 2018 at 4:24 am | #

    The TRUEST aof adult lessons.
    One that mankind itself seemingly has yet to fully learn.

  32. BenRG
    BenRG
    May 3, 2018 at 6:27 am | #

    I’ve always thought that lesson #1 about humanity (as defined by Harry Harrison in ‘Bill the Galactic Hero’) is: “Every day is ‘Screw Your Buddy Day’.“

  33. Tana
    Tana
    May 3, 2018 at 7:13 am | #

    New Volume Title: Life is Arbitrary and Bullshit

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      May 3, 2018 at 2:19 pm | #

      I vote for this title.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        May 3, 2018 at 7:12 pm | #

        Pretty sure it’s gonna be “Up Here We Can Be Garbage”

  34. Kryss LaBryn
    Kryss LaBryn
    May 3, 2018 at 9:38 am | #

    And here’s why Jason is my favourite. 😀

  35. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    May 3, 2018 at 10:08 am | #

    Jason, finally becoming a better teacher after being fired from being a teacher 😛

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      May 3, 2018 at 2:21 pm | #

      All he needed to do was get fired and get drunk. Someone should tell every other state teacher they’re doing it wrong.

  36. Arawn
    Arawn
    May 3, 2018 at 12:15 pm | #

    Y’know… I seem to remember at this moment that Faz is unchaperoned inside a building full of people that seem incapable of sorting bullshit from reality. I know this isn’t about this strip but… Is this the start of something horrible?

    • SpaceshipPilot
      SpaceshipPilot
      May 3, 2018 at 1:38 pm | #

      By the time we get back to them, he’ll either be their king, or dead in a gutter.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        May 3, 2018 at 7:11 pm | #

        Por que não os dois?

  37. ProjectXa3
    ProjectXa3
    May 3, 2018 at 4:18 pm | #

    I have never seen Jason be more anime than in panels 3-4. Or anyone else in the dumbiverse, come to think of it.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      May 3, 2018 at 7:10 pm | #

      That is the most generic use of anime as a descriptor I have ever heard, made worse by the fact that I’m not entirely sure what aspec of anime or kf Jason you’re referring to. I mean, hell; that’s a solidly western animation beat.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      May 3, 2018 at 7:11 pm | #

      Oh, the sparkles. Nah, it just looks like he has dandruff.

  38. jothki
    jothki
    May 3, 2018 at 8:19 pm | #

    Yep, Galasso is definitely going to love him.

  39. Jhon
    Jhon
    May 4, 2018 at 12:50 pm | #

    Table 6 still wants its margaritas.

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