Comments on: How Are We Doing? http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Thu, 17 May 2012 20:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Powers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1934 Powers Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:05:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1934 OK, so looking closer, it's not a quill, but it's still a pen. =) OK, so looking closer, it’s not a quill, but it’s still a pen. =)

]]> By: Powers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1933 Powers Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:05:14 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1933 The comment box is definitely for comments about the customers. Those are not filled-out comment sheets but blank ones -- see the quill pen? The comment box is definitely for comments about the customers. Those are not filled-out comment sheets but blank ones — see the quill pen?

]]> By: Michael http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1915 Michael Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:24:27 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1915 I think it's that the customers are carefully watching their server to see how she's doing (obsessively so) -- they're taking their job of filling out the comment card very seriously. Note their wide-eyed staring and how it's making the server look a bit paranoid. I think it’s that the customers are carefully watching their server to see how she’s doing (obsessively so) — they’re taking their job of filling out the comment card very seriously. Note their wide-eyed staring and how it’s making the server look a bit paranoid.

]]> By: Schist Happens http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1911 Schist Happens Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:32:31 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1911 OK - I looked up Tina's Groove, so I see that the bobbleheaded waitress is Tina so she has to be in every strip. It still would've been less distracting if she and the customers were in a more similar drawing style and she didn't look as worried. The reason I looked this strip up was to see if someone had hacked into the strip's website and pasted in a random character to screw with our heads. I'm just saying. Now I'm just getting back to work. ; ) OK - I looked up Tina’s Groove, so I see that the bobbleheaded waitress is Tina so she has to be in every strip. It still would’ve been less distracting if she and the customers were in a more similar drawing style and she didn’t look as worried. The reason I looked this strip up was to see if someone had hacked into the strip’s website and pasted in a random character to screw with our heads. I’m just saying. Now I’m just getting back to work. ; )

]]> By: Schist Happens http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1910 Schist Happens Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:19:56 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1910 By the way - if the customers are half as worried/scared as they look and are insecure-enough to have that box, they should just stay home. This strip might have elicited a chuckle from me with better artwork - the strange Betty Boop head on the waitress makes me feel I'm missing something, and the worried look on the waitress's face really perplexes me. If she was their waitress, then she would've seen the box when she took their order and served their food. If she's NOT their waitress, then she shouldn't be worried - but she still would've probably already seen their box in the previous 20-30 minutes they've already been there and wouldn't have to look back over her shoulder to see it. Note to waitresses carrying hot food in a busy restaurant - please look where you're walking! Note to cartoonist - the same strip simply *without* the waitress might have actually made me smile. By the way - if the customers are half as worried/scared as they look and are insecure-enough to have that box, they should just stay home.

This strip might have elicited a chuckle from me with better artwork - the strange Betty Boop head on the waitress makes me feel I’m missing something, and the worried look on the waitress’s face really perplexes me. If she was their waitress, then she would’ve seen the box when she took their order and served their food. If she’s NOT their waitress, then she shouldn’t be worried - but she still would’ve probably already seen their box in the previous 20-30 minutes they’ve already been there and wouldn’t have to look back over her shoulder to see it. Note to waitresses carrying hot food in a busy restaurant - please look where you’re walking! Note to cartoonist - the same strip simply *without* the waitress might have actually made me smile.

]]> By: Schist Happens http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1909 Schist Happens Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:07:38 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1909 It does look like a sofa, but the official term is "banquette". Not that it matters much, but they're at least common-enough to have a name. It does look like a sofa, but the official term is “banquette”. Not that it matters much, but they’re at least common-enough to have a name.

]]> By: Lola http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1906 Lola Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:34:40 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1906 Oh, and the waitress looks like a frazzled Betty Boop. Oh, and the waitress looks like a frazzled Betty Boop.

]]> By: Lola http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1905 Lola Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:33:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1905 In Philadelphia there's a chain of Cosi's cafes and they all have at least one of these humpbacked couches .... for "atmosphere?" The large pile of forms to the left of the box doesn't bode well - like they are expecting quite a bit of dialog. Plus the guy looks like he's chewing gravel. The waitress definitely looks worried....as well she should...serving gravel is pretty much a guarantee for a bad critique. In Philadelphia there’s a chain of Cosi’s cafes and they all have at least one of these humpbacked couches …. for “atmosphere?”

The large pile of forms to the left of the box doesn’t bode well - like they are expecting quite a bit of dialog. Plus the guy looks like he’s chewing gravel. The waitress definitely looks worried….as well she should…serving gravel is pretty much a guarantee for a bad critique.

]]> By: spiritcatcher http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1904 spiritcatcher Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:24:49 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1904 ok, now assume that this comment box *was* at the entrance or exit, but those two patrons took it to their table by themselves ? that's explain the look of the waitress ... ok, now assume that this comment box *was* at the entrance or exit, but those two patrons took it to their table by themselves ? that’s explain the look of the waitress …

]]> By: bAT L. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1900 bAT L. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:27:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/how-are-we-doing/#comment-1900 Hmm, I hadn't noticed the couch at first. I thought it was a booth, but it does look really out of place now. "How are we doing?" is a common phrase, but it's usually on a little card or piece of paper and has a ready-made survey to fill out. In this case, the phrase is on the comment box instead and the two patrons have filled out quite a stack already. The woman also appears to be eying the main character pretty intently, which usually isn't good if the customer has a stack of comments about you. Sometimes it's paranoia; sometimes it's assessing the situation. Hmm, I hadn’t noticed the couch at first. I thought it was a booth, but it does look really out of place now.

“How are we doing?” is a common phrase, but it’s usually on a little card or piece of paper and has a ready-made survey to fill out. In this case, the phrase is on the comment box instead and the two patrons have filled out quite a stack already. The woman also appears to be eying the main character pretty intently, which usually isn’t good if the customer has a stack of comments about you. Sometimes it’s paranoia; sometimes it’s assessing the situation.

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