Despite this strip being from 2019--we are now entering week 3 of Chip's sabbatical and I, frankly, hate it--it's pretty topical. We are currently (2021) having a shortage of everything due to low supply due to shutdowns during the pandemic and the sudden rise in demand due to people starting to get back to normal. The shortages aren't helped by the shortage of workers, equipment, and warehouse space.
Veeblefester is short (or not short, depending on how you read this comic) on tea cozies because he's a shady businessman running what's probably mostly a shadow corporation.
