Minor characters

This page is a list of all the minor characters who have either been in the strip for a short period of time, or have minimal appearances to justify a page of their own.

## Grumbel's employees

### Spike

**Spike** was hired shortly after Connie discovered Stuart's "non-hirable" list for seasonal employees. Marla's main reason for hiring him, other than his credentials, was his extremely non-conformist look. He ended up getting let go afterwards due to the cuts to payroll.

### Ron

**Ron** was hired for seasonal help in 2012. He was previously an aerospace engineer, and added as a stockroom helper. He left on good terms after the Christmas season was over.

### Lana

**Lana** was hired as seasonal help in 2012. She was previously a P.R. consultant, and was known for keeping an upbeat attitude throughout the holidays. It appeared that the job was getting to her in 2013.

### Victor

**Victor** is an older employee who was originally retired, however, he tends to be discriminated against by Marla due to his age.

### Tonya

**Tonya** is an employee at Grumbel's. She helped Val "vamp Marla up". She overdid it a bit.  She works in Val's department.

### Lara Silver

**Laura** is the regional manager who oversees the region including the Smithfield Grumbel's. She promoted Stuart to district manager leading to Marla being promoted to store manager of the Smithfield location. She also spoke to a conference call letting the managers know about the restructuring.

## Mall employees

### Zoe

**Zoe** was a girl who worked at the mall coffee shop who looked exactly like Marla. Cooper asked her out once, however, never actually followed up on another date after meeting her father. She was known for Facebook-stalking his friends and being a little clingy. The two broke up after Cooper referred to her as his "Val" instead of "gal".

## Grumbel's customers

### Crazy Hat Lady

**Crazy Hat Lady** is a regular customer at Grumbel's who is known for speaking in rhyme and making extremely odd requests.

### Creepy Guy

**Creepy Guy** is a regular customer at Grumbel's who is known for flirting with the female employees. He seems to have no bounds to flirting, such as spying on women shopping in the lingerie department, or using binoculars and a listening device to spy on women. Marla and Val use "code 820" to warn each other when he's in the store. He knew Amber from her time at Abersnobby & Finch. He was scared off for some time by Lana.

## Delman's employees

### Bradley Fontaine

**Bradley Fontaine** is the district manager for the northeast of Delman's. When the store in Smithfield Mall opened, he attempted to steal the employees from Grumbel's. He also interviewed Josh Tobin for the assistant manager position at the store, but never offered him a position.

### Mina

**Mina** was previously the assistant manager at the Delman's in Smithfield Mall, but later was promoted to be the store manager. She considers herself excellent at speaking "district manager" and has been shown to be extremely cutthroat. She later was found stealing Grumbel's seasonal help.

### Greg

**Greg** was shown to be the first store manager of the Delman's in Smithfield Mall. He was replaced by Mina.

## Other

### Gus

**Gus** is the manager of the local Gas-We-Got who hired Cooper and Lunker during the stockroom hour shortage. He was shown to be extremely cheap, and hated to let Cooper go.

## Gallery

SpikeRonLanaVictorZoeCrazy Hat LadyCreepy GuyBradley FontaineMinaGregGusTonya
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