Comic Transcripts

EMIL: Are you still driving a cab?
HAROLD: Yeah, but not for much longer. I can’t take dealing with the public. I swear, dude, pretty soon I’m just gonna snap. People are just so stupid it’s unbelievable.

HAROLD: For example, yesterday a guy asked why there’s a surcharge for pickups from the airport. HEL-LOOO! Municipal regulations have stipulated that surcharge ever since it passed the city assembly! It’s COMPLETELY DETAILED in the cab company’s contract with the airport authority!

[[Later, at HAROLD’s cab]]
ANGUS: Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why fares are calculated based on elevenths of a mile?
HAROLD (thinking): GOD, how can people be so IGNORANT?

{{header: obviously at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: because charging by twelfths of a mile would be ridiculous}}

#399; In which Customers are served only grudgingly transcribed by in

EMIL: Are you still driving a cab?
HAROLD: Yeah, but not for much longer. I can’t take dealing with the public. I swear, dude, pretty soon I’m just gonna snap. People are just so stupid it’s unbelievable.

HAROLD: For example, yesterday a guy asked why there’s a surcharge for pickups from the airport. HEL-LOOO! Municipal regulations have stipulated that surcharge ever since it passed the city assembly! It’s COMPLETELY DETAILED in the cab company’s contract with the airport authority!

[[Later, at HAROLD’s cab]]
ANGUS: Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why fares are calculated based on elevenths of a mile?
HAROLD (thinking): GOD, how can people be so IGNORANT?

{{header: obviously at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: because charging by twelfths of a mile would be ridiculous}}

#399; In which Customers are served only grudgingly transcribed by in

EMIL: Are you still driving a cab?
HAROLD: Yeah, but not for much longer. I can't take dealing with the public. I swear, dude, pretty soon I'm just gonna snap. People are just so stupid it's unbelievable.

HAROLD: For example, yesterday a guy asked why there's a surcharge for pickups from the airport. HEL-LOOO! Municipal regulations have stipulated that surcharge ever since it passed the city assembly! It's COMPLETELY DETAILED in the cab company's contract with the airport authority!

[[Later, at HAROLD's cab]]
ANGUS: Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why fares are calculated based on elevenths of a mile?
HAROLD (thinking): GOD, how can people be so IGNORANT?

{{header: obviously at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: because charging by twelfths of a mile would be ridiculous}}

because charging by twelfths of a mile would be ridiculous

#399; In which Customers are served only grudgingly

  — April 15th, 2008

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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