Sign o' the times

So I stopped by the Bean and Bagel this morning to get some coffee. The barista was filling the coffee grinder from a bag of beans.

Me: How often do you go through one of those bags?

Barista: This thing was full at 7 this morning. It's been crazy busy.

Me: It's all these damned students. Oh, you're probably one of them!

Barista: I used to be, but I just graduated.

Me: Congratulations.

Barista: Thanks. [Looks embarrassed.] Um, yeah ... this is my, um, internship. Yeah, that's it!

Me: This is clearly today's job market at work.

Barista: Yes, free-wheeling free-market capitalism at work!

Image of the Day

Roy G. Krenkel, illustration in the May 1962 issue of Analog

(Via Golden Age Comic Book Stories.)