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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
iduguphergrave:
--- Quote from: pendrake on 11 Oct 2011, 13:23 ---The negative of this is that Elliot did so in probably the second worst method: via phone call instead of face-to-face. Probably "the" worst method being making someone else tell Padma this revelation.
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Text message. Facebook comment. A tweet.
Just sayin; coulda been worse. In fact, as Paranoid said, the whole situation could have been worse. In my opinion, it's better this way. The truth has been thrown out and now everyone has to deal with it instead of letting it keep fermenting. The pot has been stirred and now it's time to try and cook this gumbo as best we can.
Did that make any sense
SirDudley:
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave on 11 Oct 2011, 14:17 ---
--- Quote from: pendrake on 11 Oct 2011, 13:23 ---The negative of this is that Elliot did so in probably the second worst method: via phone call instead of face-to-face. Probably "the" worst method being making someone else tell Padma this revelation.
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Text message. Facebook comment. A tweet.
Just sayin; coulda been worse. In fact, as Paranoid said, the whole situation could have been worse. In my opinion, it's better this way. The truth has been thrown out and now everyone has to deal with it instead of letting it keep fermenting. The pot has been stirred and now it's time to try and cook this gumbo as best we can.
Did that make any sense
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It made perfect sense to me. Then again, I don't represent the rest of the forum here.
Akima:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 11 Oct 2011, 07:16 ---And as for that "unpaid therapists" thing, I hope you're not implying that men should NEVER tell their wife or girlfriend when they're feeling sad or angry or depressed, 'cause that's where that line of thinking leads.
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Of course not, but Padma is not Elliot's wife or girlfriend, and had no desire to be. Elliot has moped about her for some unspecified-but-lengthy period without being able to sack up and do something about it, and then dumps it on her in a last-minute, late-night phone call when he knows she's all geared up to move to the other side of the country. I don't see where Padma has any obligation to put up with that, or where Elliot is showing any consideration for her feelings at all. And then he phones in sick. What a mensch! I hope he at least rang Renée or someone to arrange for them to cover his shift, but I bet he didn't...
themacnut:
I agree that Elliot shouda kept his big mouth shut and just dealt with his feelings alone, in this case. Now things will be awkward at work for some time, possibly right up until Padma leaves, and maybe even afterward. And the whole calling in sick thing was cowardly. This is why romance at work is such a minefield...
Watched Pot:
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave on 11 Oct 2011, 14:17 ---
--- Quote from: pendrake on 11 Oct 2011, 13:23 ---The negative of this is that Elliot did so in probably the second worst method: via phone call instead of face-to-face. Probably "the" worst method being making someone else tell Padma this revelation.
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Text message. Facebook comment. A tweet.
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I'm not really understanding all the objections to doing this via phone call. Yes, face-to-face is better, but isn't an actual phone call still considered second best for this kind of thing? Should he have done it via Direct Message in a Words With Friends game?
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