Jeanie Bottle 703
Nov01
on November 1, 2022
at 12:00 am
and modified on March 7, 2023. at 12:15 am
Chapter: Story 15: I Dream of Three Wishes
Characters: Jeanie
Huh. Well, that’s not what I was expecting to happen.
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Huh. Well, that’s not what I was expecting to happen.
Barista Jean Genie makes coffee so fast it’s magic.
At the end of the day:
Orange Shirt: “Wow, thanks for helping today, jeanie. Things went so smoothly with you here. I wish we had your help here every daaaaaay…. Oops.”
I don’t blame her. I wouldn’t share my tips with him either.
Ironically however she will be sharing them with Neil per the rules.
Still wont to know how these 3 got the lamp to begin with.
They simply walked into Neil’s bedroom and took it. Very careless on Neil’s part, leaving it out in the open like that and not even locking his bedroom door.
Well yes its more I still don’t know who these 3 are and why there were in Neil’s apartment to begin with. Even the other two don’t seem like the stroll into a strangers place and steal their stuff sort and this guy definately doesn’t. So where did they come from and who are they?
They are Neil’s roommates. After Jeanie blew up the apartment where she and Neil were living during the fight with the Blue Djinn, they got evicted and moved into this shared house.
I see thank you, must have missed that arc I’ll need to do some rereading.
What’s the funniest, most unexpected thing for Jean to do? Ok. 😀
Teen Jeanie is back! Yay! Now, if Neil wasn’t at work we could see barista Teen Natalie, too.
Random… Brilliant 🙂
I don’t know how those beverages are made, but I’m guessing
that whatever a client orders *THAT’S* what comes out of the
coffee machine.
….including the whipped cream….and cinnamon.
And for the applicable beverages the foam in some shape that’s otherwise impossible.
Would she even get to keep her tips? Isn’t having money or owning property against genie law?
Technically it is legally the property of her Master, since she has declined to stay with him beyond the required Three Wishes. She can possess whatever her Master allows her to possess.
Well, if she slips the tips into her masters wallet then asks for that amount and her master gives it to her then no.
It doesn’t need to be that complicated—she only needs his permission to keep the tips. If he says “Um, okay” in response to her assertion that she is not sharing them, then that technically meets the criteria.
I think a more appropriate question might be, what does a genie need with money?
While genies can magically create any material object, if they want to purchase the services of a mortal, they need some form of payment. Let’s say that Jean wants to have a spa day or something—the experience of getting a massage, etc. requires paying the staff (or their employer who then pays them).
What if she puffs a few gold coins into existence and use them to pay the staff?
In today’s world, paying in anything other than fiat currency issued by a modern government will attract unwanted attention, even if the payee accepts it. That’s why Green Shirt wished for a huge pile of cash instead of gold or gems.
Dude just paying with cash attracts unwanted attention.
Why do ye think cashier desk in banks have all but disappeared or why no city hall have a cash desk anymore. Or why there are such hard limits to how much cash one is allowed to use for a payment. Ye can’t buy a car with cash, hell ye can just barely buy 1oz of gold below the max cash limit.
Makes sense. She likes serving people (Established in the Hazard County chapter). The service industry grew on her.
Also please don’t tell me this chapter is basically going to be a ‘Friends’ reference -_- I better see Robin Williams at some point (too soon)
I have trouble understanding how someone like Jeanie can actually enjoy serving people.
It’s not entirely weird when you realize a narcissist like Jean really needs to be liked by other people. So Jean will “serve” people as long as it furthers her own goal and gets her positive feedback. She’s going to be out of there instantly if the response doesn’t meet her needs. I suspect the genie need to serve people is playing a roll too.
Jean has been acting more genie-like since they let her leave Haji’s palace.
Jeanie will serve, but if she gets a customer who is a Karen, then she will screw with them.
As was mentioned in the comments way back in the Duchesses of Hazzard arc, Jeanie is a genie. They are servants by nature. So being a customer service worker likely just came naturally to her, the first time she ended up having to actually bother trying (likely at Boss Hogg’s orders).
I very much like that he didn’t immediately go with “I wish that girl liked me.”
It would be a wasted wish. I LIKE all my friends, male and female and other.
Did Jeanie get a little shorter in the last panel?
I noticed that too. As others have mentioned, I suspect she is presenting herself as a teenager.
Yes. Shadowrnnr above surmised that she changed into an “18 year old Jeanie” form. Note the change in hairstyle as well.
A latte and three wishes?
Jean: And by the way, that was wish number 1
Naw, he didn’t actually wish for help at work. Jeannie did that on her own.
Aww, that feels sweet of Jeanie to help out and work at the coffee shop. She could have just continued to attack and belittle his coffee making skills but instead met him halfway. Deciding to help him out as the two other employees did not show up. Understandable, doubt you will be making bank working at a coffee shop. This is also a great way to have Jeanie get to know this guy and have him make up his mind with his wishes so just the right amount of selfish.
Also like what Jeanie did with her hair. She went all out with her outfit.
Jeanie wasn’t being nice. She wants Orange Shirt to make his three wishes, so she can be finished with the trio. I do hope that we’ll get to see how Blue Shirt and his new girlfriend are getting along.
Of course, Jeanie and Orange Shirt will be working together for a while. She’s going to get an idea of the sort of person he is and. maybe, decide not to crock his wishes. And he’s going to get to know her a little. He seems to be a lot more reliable than his two friends, and he may even realize what they did was wrong and try to apologize. And how would that affect both the sort of wishes he makes AND the way she grants them.
I think Jeannie is intrigued: this guy is showing responsibility (going to work when he COULD have wished never to have to work again) and discretion (not immediately throwing out stupid wishes)…. He seems like he’s cut from different cloth than the other two bozos.
Exactly the opposite of what Mean-Jean did in that alternate timeline. Do you think that incident might be influential?
Not sure which timeline you’re talking about…haven’t gone thru the entire comic in a while.
Dangit – I really need to get those gravatars synced. I have two different emails that go to the same place.
Near the end of the previous storyline, Jeanie and Neil end up in a timeline where Neil became the Genie and Jean the Master, and Jean was horribly abusive of her and very much a sex fiend. The scene begins at
https://jeaniebottle.com/archives/comic/jeanie-bottle-684
Exactly, which inspired this:
https://jeaniebottle.com/archives/comic/fan-takeover-the-corruption-of-jean-nessman
Orange shirt is really going to have to watch what he says from now on. I can just imagine Jeannie eagerly listening to every word he says, just in case he accidentally uses the phrase “I wish.”
My immediate impulse is, “Jeanie? The very soul of snark? Get tips? HAHAHA!”
But I admit, the thought that she might take pleasure in serving customers is appealing.
Oh, wait, this is JEANIE! HAHAHAHA!
I mean, she was apparently well-liked as a server at Boss Hogg’s. So I can see this working. Somehow.
any girl with a body like Jeanie’s would be well liked in Boss Hogg’s place
Well she is hot, and knows how to play nice. Jean used to be a pick up artist after all.
I remembered something recently. Kazom told Jeanie that she would be unable to change her form for awhile when she asked him about how he likes to appear as a cat because she wanted to at least present as her old male self. If I recall correctly he said something to the effect it would take years for her to learn that level of control. So it is clear she has managed to at least learn enough control to alter the appearance of her age considering in the last story she made herself appear as a teenager and it looks like she has done it again here.
She’s been able to alter her apparent age almost since the beginning—she made herself appear Melvin’s age in order to fit in at his school starting in https://jeaniebottle.com/archives/comic/jeanie-bottle-95
Jeanie can’t alter her core self, yet. Kazom explained it here.
https://jeaniebottle.com/archives/comic/jeanie-bottle-162
I think Jeanie forgot the coffee “meme”. That’s not how it work.
You’re supposed to sport a huge pair of boobs and display a large cleavage with that apron. Not a tiny flat chest. >_<
Especially if you hope to cash in tons of tips. ^_^
Jeanie actually looks younger in panel 4 than prom night Jeanie, maybe 15 instead of 17.
Compare her current appearance against these: https://jeaniebottle.com/archives/comic/jeanie-bottle-639
I did see she “kinda” look a bit younger than before. But regarless if she really is or not, this is why i said “she’s doing it wrong” ^_-
She should have instead opted for a more mature, curvier and definetly more buxom form for this. (Like, similar to “genie Natalie” in this strip https://jeaniebottle.com/archives/comic/jeanie-bottle-685 )
P.S: Also, isn’t 15 year a bit too young to work in the U.S at a normal standard hour job ? Seem like the law state that you must at least be 16 years old.
Different states have different rules on minimum working age. I’ve also seen 13-year-olds that look 18 and vis-a-versa, so likely no one will question Jeanie behind the barista counter. Act like you belong there and most people won’t question it, especially if the drink and food orders are correct.
Additionally, family-run places can and often employ younger family members. I haven’t seen anything that indicates this coffee place is or isn’t family-run, but who knows? (Well, presumably C.D. knows….) I suspect that detail is not pertinent to the story.
U.S. states set their own laws. Florida’s labor laws are, not surprisingly, pretty loose. The only real restriction prohibits minors from working hazardous jobs and that’s mostly ignored because Florida is Florida. They’re perfectly OK with a teen losing a hand in a woodchipper as long as they weren’t exposed to “inappropriate” books in the classroom.
I worked my first standard job at 15, in California. I was a “Sandwich Architect” at Subway. This was decades ago, though.
#704 should switch back to the Red shirt and Green* shirt persons.
The money is singles.
The cars are out of gas.
Red shirt has to pee.
*More of a Teal, actually.
GAH!