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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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)
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?
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.
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’.“
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?
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.
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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)
It’s Walky!…’s prank
Oh the arbitrary bullshit of being an adult. Oh the insane about of wading through bullshit that is arbitrary.
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.
Glalzo, proprietor of Glalzo’s Pizzaz and Sbuubs
Suburbs
Really that’s the only way it could have ended
Top 10 Anime Betrayals!
Called it.
I just have to wonder whether Walky has any clue as to who Jason slept with, though.
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.
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.
This is so cute! I love Jason smiling.
I was just about to comment about that. That smile is adorable.
Jason will now charge Walky for the drinks he’s been giving him all day.
And call for a ride to take him back to the dorms.
Jason must be really drunk if he’s using “bullshit” as an adjective and the word “adulting” in any context whatsoever.
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.
Verbing weirds language.
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.
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.
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.
((Really, it’s been over 24 hours since her first appearance and she’s not in a ship yet? We’ve been SLACKING.))
He hired Becky pretty easily…
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.
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.
On the plus side, this means that once they sober uo they can have sex with no repercussions!
(seriously though, this is happening right)
“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.
Not gonna lie. I’m kinda shipping it. I image Jason being like that freaky lady from Futurama, going all “Dirty boy!” on Walky.
I actually find this funny.
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?
*gasp* Walky, get your disguise!
Walky might not be old enough, but Reginald, Duke of Thingley is definitely of age to drink!
New book title: Life is Arbitrary and Bullshit
I like the full line. The title to end all titles.
Agreed. It’s definitely an early front-runner.
The book is over halfway over but OK
Adulting sucks.
Okay, but would he be more or less flexible for someone else exactly Walky’s age who came into his bar?
*golf claps for Walky’s true cleverness right here*
You done good kid….now get out the man’s bar.
Considering how much of a lightweight Walky is, I don’t think he needs more booze.
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.)
How does it confirm anything like that?
Because he’s HAPPY this way. So it can’t happen.
Lack of a green card is going to stop him doing it.
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!
Sorry Jason but you know what’s another arbitrary adulting rule? You need a license to be a bartender!
Oh God I’m hipster Danny. This is the worst case scenario
Lemme point out that Mary is in the random Gravatar pool.
*high pitched scream*
Oh yeah I have memories of THAT fucking me up.
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.
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.
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.
Fortunately, in Indiana getting that license is as simple as paying $100 for a 3-hour online need course.
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.
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.
[a href=”http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-7/01-glower-vacuum/references/”>Galasso does not require such things.
Dammit
Huh, Drunk Walky is quick on his feet.
If life were meant to be fair and equitable we wouldn’t have Australian superhero movie stars,
-laughcries-
Walky needs a bowtie. No man under 21 would dare put on a bowtie.
I mean…
Dude ain’t wrong.
What do you know? Jason can teach!
I figured that this would end with Jason dumping Walky one way or another. Now I know how it is going to work out.
I do wonder if Galasso too will be swayed by the power of Jason’s bowtie and hire him?
Anything is game at Galasso’s so probably yes XD
Just a heads up Jason – it’s generally frowned upon for a bartender to boff his customers as well.
really? I must tell my bartender friends about it, the bartending, they might not doing it aptly.
Really?
I mean, not on the job and not by getting them drunk, but otherwise?
Why not?
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
A bar with a 21 years drinking age that close to a college campus?
Cant have a lot of customers, can they?
It’s also a pizza and sub restaurant.
Ah yes, of course. That makes it clearer, thank you.
That would make it work.
It’s not a bar, it’s a pizza place (and subs) that also includes a bar.
“Oh, fake ID. You’re the only friend I’ll ever really need.”
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.
Now… when does Jason realize that he likely won’t be able to stay on his student visa as a Bartender?
Can he stay as a student?
Mixology 101.
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.)
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)
This is how Galasso recruits half of his employees
I know Those are supposed to be drunk bubbles, but around Jason they look like bishonen sparkles .
or dandruff.
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?
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.
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.
The TRUEST aof adult lessons.
One that mankind itself seemingly has yet to fully learn.
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’.“
New Volume Title: Life is Arbitrary and Bullshit
I vote for this title.
Pretty sure it’s gonna be “Up Here We Can Be Garbage”
And here’s why Jason is my favourite.
Jason, finally becoming a better teacher after being fired from being a teacher
All he needed to do was get fired and get drunk. Someone should tell every other state teacher they’re doing it wrong.
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?
By the time we get back to them, he’ll either be their king, or dead in a gutter.
Por que não os dois?
I have never seen Jason be more anime than in panels 3-4. Or anyone else in the dumbiverse, come to think of it.
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.
Oh, the sparkles. Nah, it just looks like he has dandruff.
Yep, Galasso is definitely going to love him.
Table 6 still wants its margaritas.