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WCT 20-24 Sep 10
Moxie:
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--- Quote from: Carl-E on 21 Sep 2010, 07:07 ---At this point, the least Dora could do is let Hanners change her shirt - customer relations, and all. You don't want everyone wondering what bounced off her shirt and into their latte...
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I'm pretty sure there hasn't been time, since neither Penelope or Faye seem to be there and the rush is on. Too, despite her preparedness, I'm betting Hannelore didn't think to bring a change—or if she did, again, it would only get quickly soiled as well the way things are going. Better to save it until post-rush.
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This does seem mildly baffling. If it is just Dora, Hanners and Cosette, I'm wondering why Dora would do that. It makes sense to have them both there for training purposes, but once training is over, doesn't it make more sense to rotate the two of them in so there's two trained baristas and one new one on at a time? Seems like it'd be much less of a potential headache-causing scenario.
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Bringing in both Faye and Pennelope in additon to Hanners and Cossette woudl be counterproductive on the salary front. The two newbies are drawing minimum wage (most likely), and the other two are probably at Minimum wage + x, so that would more than double Dora's salary bill for that shift and still leave her with no one to work the later shifts (at least without overtime). Based on my wife's experience as a store owner, the two experienced workers will be handling the later shift, and after these two are trained up, they'll be rotated into the mix. Also, there probably isn't room behind the counter for 5.
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No, I meant like one shift is Dora, Faye, and Hanners. Then maybe it slows so Dora leaves. Next Penny comes in. Then Hanners leaves and Cosette comes in. Then Faye leaves. Having all 5 there at once would be a very bad business move, of course. I'm talking about rotating it so the the two newbies aren't both on at the same time.
(Since it seems like there's roughly 3 girls on the schedule at a time when it's busy, it makes sense to me that only one of those girls would be new, because it seems counterproductive to have two new girls on at a (probably) busy time.)
[Edit: bolded the part of my original quote that seemed to be missed]
akronnick:
Maybe this is a usually slow day that has become unexpectedly busy.
Carl-E:
Maybe. Then again, we're seeing this from Hanner's point of view - it may not really be that busy, but when you're working a new job, there's a definite increased busyness factor, as you do so many things for the first time.
Or maybe it's just the time dilation effect around the Cosette Clumsiness Singularity!
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 21 Sep 2010, 10:22 ---Just because we haven't seen Faye or the other blonde chick w. glasses (I'm totally blanking on her name) doesn't mean they're not there. Jeph is focusing on Hanners after all.
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Rhymes with "Antelope."
zagraf:
I continue to be delighted at how much progress Hanners has made in managing her OCD. Sure, she's scuzzed out and all, but remember when Marten merely joked about strewing garbage on her apartment floor and she went catatonic, with even Faye saying he'd gone too far? If the events in today's strip had happened to her back then (not that she would've applied for a CoD job then, but indulge me), she'd have ended up in the psychiatric ward for at least a few days.
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