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Credit Where Credit is Due

Credit Where Credit is Due

by Adam on May 13, 2013 at 12:00 am
Chapter: comics
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  1. Pif
    Pif
    May 13, 2013, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    Searching edible underwear on Amazon.

    • The Dukenator
      The Dukenator
      May 14, 2013, 4:29 am | # | Reply

      Such a thing does exist.

  2. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    May 13, 2013, 2:31 am | # | Reply

    Shouldn’t the second panel say “…are the ones fighting traffic…” instead?

    • Adam
      Adam
      May 13, 2013, 7:23 am | # | Reply

      Yep. Good catch.

  3. Jalie
    Jalie
    May 13, 2013, 6:00 am | # | Reply

    Perfect attendance means the teacher NEVER gets a break from your brat, either!

  4. Michael Corley
    Michael Corley
    May 13, 2013, 6:32 am | # | Reply

    Would you care for a bite?

  5. Thomas
    Thomas
    May 13, 2013, 7:08 am | # | Reply

    I hear you. Same thing on ebay, why do I have to award someone 5 stars for sending me the stuff I paid for? Yes I bought an item from you. Yes you brought it to the post office the next day and mailed it to me. Yes it arrived a couple of days later in perfect working order. Everything worked AS EXPECTED. I except delivery to be smooth and problem free every time I buy something, that’s 3 stars for as expected. 3 stars isn’t bad, it just means that everything went like it was supposed to, it’s the correct item, description was accurate, delivery was smooth, great.
    5 stars are for people that did something extraordinary. Packet got lost in transit, seller put in a huge effort tracking it down and ended up mailing you a new one, free of charge – that’s putting in an extra effort, performing above the expected. I’ll give 5 stars for that.

    • Mystify
      Mystify
      May 13, 2013, 8:43 am | # | Reply

      Consider the two people:

      John uses a reliable parcel delivery service, and is prompt and efficient at delivering his packages. They always arrive on time.

      Steve uses a less reliable service, and is very sloppy about marking the boxes properly, and he loses a lot of packages in the mail. However, he will always correct the mistake and pay for his next attempt.

      John is the guy I’d want to buy things from, he has his stuff in order. However, you think he only deserves 3 starts for that performance, and if everyone rates like that, his overall score is 3.
      Steve, however, meets your criteria for 5 stars a lot of the time. When it does arrive, he would get the “as expected” 3 stars, but whenever he messes up, loses the package, and corrects his mistake, he gets 5 stars, which pushes his average rating higher. So now, because he is less reliable and tends to get packages to you later, he has a better score.

      In contrast, delivering the expected item on time can be considered a perfect transaction, and gets 5 stars. If they fail to do this, they get fewer stars. If a package is lost, and they take extraordinary actions to recover it as you said, then they have successfully mitigated the issue, and still get a decent score- maybe a 4.5.
      Now, John gets a 5-star rating for his perfect performance, and Steve gets penalized for his inept handling, but since he does correct his issues its not that awful of a score.

    • HartThorn
      HartThorn
      August 24, 2013, 10:24 pm | # | Reply

      That’s actually kind of a d*** move since big time e-bay sellers live by that star rating, and your only example requires someone ELSE to do something.

      It’s kind of like if a town has ZERO crime, the cops are doing a crappy job because they never stop a crime.

  6. Armoless
    Armoless
    May 13, 2013, 8:03 am | # | Reply

    “Just all the more minutes” was my catch phrase growing up. 😀

    Of course I was homeschooled so I was never late…

  7. washhandsb4work
    washhandsb4work
    May 13, 2013, 8:11 am | # | Reply

    Hey now, by the time I was in 4th grade, I was the sole person responsible for getting myself to school on time. (Jr. High I did take the bus, but that’s only 2 years.) I walked or rode my bike the rest of grade school and high school. So I did earn my perfect attendances 😛

  8. Gene
    Gene
    May 13, 2013, 9:42 am | # | Reply

    I used to get up early to feed the parrots and dogs so they wouldn’t wake up my mother, and she would oversleep and I’d get a day off school.

    I graduated 42 out of 43, and the 43rd guy failed, so things worked out exactly! I didn’t put much stock in school, obviously.

  9. Gadzinisko
    Gadzinisko
    May 13, 2013, 10:15 am | # | Reply

    “Five more hours” – yep, that’s me. That always have been me.

  10. Jeff Clough
    Jeff Clough
    May 13, 2013, 11:26 am | # | Reply

    Kids don’t need trophy’s, kids need caring parents who spend time with them. This type of reward system is like the namby-pamby “everyone’s a winner, no one loses, we don’t keep score” b.s. that started in the 80s. Guess what? Everyone loses sometime or another, best learn how to cope with it. You won’t have perfect attendance at work either, so no sense in preparing for THAT!
    Now…trophy’s for awesome comics…that’s one I’d like to see!

    • Laurat81
      Laurat81
      May 13, 2013, 2:08 pm | # | Reply

      You sir are my new hero.

    • JXJ
      JXJ
      May 13, 2013, 2:51 pm | # | Reply

      I feel like I was riding the crest of that wave of stupidness. People one or two years older than me in school could still fail, but as I went along, the grades I had already completed got stupider and stupider. No wonder all the kids these days are spoiled brats. Now, if they skin a knee, their parents sue someone and the playground gets demolished as a safety hazard.

  11. LanceThruster
    LanceThruster
    May 13, 2013, 1:13 pm | # | Reply

    Although, when my stuff makes it through the UPS gauntlet unscathed, I *do* give thanks and credit to the packaging.

  12. Dave Dell
    Dave Dell
    May 13, 2013, 8:12 pm | # | Reply

    I got awards for perfect Sunday School attendance for 8 years running. It did me no harm to get an award for it even though it didn’t help keep me a christian. I do know more bible than most XIANS.

  13. Gina
    Gina
    May 13, 2013, 8:42 pm | # | Reply

    That was me in the 2nd panel (if kids can drive)… I wasn’t just a nerd – I was THAT nerd.

    • Mahnarch
      Mahnarch
      May 14, 2013, 4:48 am | # | Reply

      Are you kidding?!
      When I was born, I pulled the car around for my MOM at the hospital!! 😀

  14. Erin
    Erin
    May 14, 2013, 12:25 pm | # | Reply

    Guess you can thank your niece with perfect attendance for this strip… 😉

  15. aylatrigger
    aylatrigger
    October 29, 2013, 7:57 pm | # | Reply

    Lies. I walked to school.

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