In 7th grade, I was moved into a “School for the Gifted,” meaning all the really smart kids were localized into a smaller, exclusive school where they could be “challenged more effectively.” Sound like fun to you?
Halfway through the year, I was told to make regular visits to the school counselor for a number of reasons, the most prominent being my teachers’ observations of my social skills (or lack thereof).
What they failed to realize was that the problem wasn’t with me; rather, it was because the other students were all pretentious, elitist punks who wanted nothing to do with me and my non-stellar 2.0 GPA at the time.
Gotta love middle school.
I can’t tell is he scared by how he envisions retail has gotten “interesting” or is he trying to consider that his career choice may need to change to be where the action is?
Heh, getting punched in the face several times by furniture… That’s almost as bad as being assaulted by a home stereo system, or flattened by an old large screen CRT TV. ^^;
Or getting mauled by a Deathcouch?
To be fair, Alex WAS warned about it! XD Not to mention, that was stuff that actually happened to me while working as stock at a white goods and electronics store. One must be very, VERY careful when trying to unload a truck quickly.
I can understand that, having worked in the back room at Superstore.
Rofl always did love the humor in this comic. Now I remember why.
Exactly how would one go about setting himself on fire with popcorn? It actually sounds like something they would put in 1000 ways to die.
Burn baby burn, popcorn inferno!