Life — April 3, 1931 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Snap Into It!" - Satire of Store Management This comic strip by Riffin satirizes Old Grandpap Wilson, the lenient manager of a General Store, and his conflicts with a boy named Skeweemish (or similar). The story describes how Grandpap never quibbles over orders but also never complies quickly, causing frustration. The narrative mentions an "Afternoon Checker & Congressional Advisers' Club" meeting where newspapers cover the store floor alongside cigar stubs—suggesting both administrative chaos and slovenly conditions. Grandpap orders the boy to clean up ("Git yer broom"), but the boy protests. Grandpap threatens to "rule down any forthcoming protest," determined to impose discipline. The strip humorously depicts the clash between relaxed management and the need for actual workplace standards—a common workplace complaint regardless of era.