Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Caffeine

June 13, 2017

A bleary-eyed coffee drinker writes to Starbucks demanding his 'caffeine prescription' be covered by insurance.

Content note: Jokes about caffeine as a 'drug'.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-06-13-caffeine/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

"Dear Starbucks, Why are you charging me? Under my insurance I should have no copay for filling my caffeine prescription. — Ben"

Bleary figure (holding cup): "look, just give me drugs I can drink with milk"

Topics
General / Not Math
Level
All Ages
Themes
FoodMoney & ShoppingLetters & NotesEveryday LifeFor Teachers (Classroom Satire)Teachers & Classroom