0215 - Mark in Charge

Notes on today's comic (9 Feb 2011):

Last Tuesday (1 Feb), because of the issues with the snow, and people calling out (and I've got no complaints about anyone), I was effectively left in charge of the front end. Although I wouldn't need to make executive decisions or any of that nonsense, I was still so afraid of the responsibility of making sure we didn't get long lines at the registers that I went straight through panic-attack territory and out the other side...

From 5pm to 5.30pm, I was by myself on the register - though I only needed to get backup once. But when a supervisor arrived as scheduled, I was able to relax - and pretty much went backwards into panic-attack mode. Samantha, the supervisor in question, said I did a great job. But there's a reason I don't seek promotion, folks... Anyway, I didn't want to portray that, and I figured it'd be funnier if the (temporary) power went to my head :)

Actually, Penny's comment about suggesting promotion is based on previous events at Staples UK. Paul, the Tech Centre tech, was being promoted to Business Machines Team Leader, and so General Manager Dave said (his exact words), "Since Paul's now playing at being Team Leader, would you like to play at being tech?" My panic attack was instant, severe, and painful; I had to be sent home that day (this is back in the day when my attacks would last one to four hours, instead of just five to ten minutes).

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Wednesday 9 February 2011

First of all, apologies for not putting out a comic on Monday - I had these sketches drawn, although it was way past the deadline for automatic uploading, but I just wasn't feeling up to continuing.

Second, I'm still getting to grips with the tablet PC's pen, so I hope you'll excuse any inconsistency with the drawing. I'm also drawing sketches much smaller than they need to be, which is causing problems later on. Of course, I'm not practicing anywhere near enough.

Last, but by no means least, a happy birthday to my mum, Sandra, who is 59 on Friday!

Monday 31 January 2011

I'd like to take the opportunity to say a huge

THANK YOU!

...to my brother, Patrick Johnson! When my laptop died, he very kindly said that he would send me - free, gratis and for nothing - his old Tablet PC that he was no longer using; he added that it could come in handy for drawing the strips... The thing is awesome, and I'm so happy with it! Thank you so much Patrick! (Now I'll have to up my game to do the tablet justice...)

Monday 24 January 2011

I'm back! Sorry for being away for two weeks, but the ribs were really bothering me the first week, and I still wasn't sure by the time the second week came along. But, I'm back now!

Since I've been away, there's been a visitor from Zambia, making 95 countries!

Monday 3 January 2011

Happy New Year! I forgot to mention it, but Latvia has joined the list of visiting countries... And, within the last few days, there's been a visitor from Senegal, too! That brings the country count up to 94, and the visitor count over 8,100 :)