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WCDT: 2806-2810 (6th - 10th October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Dazhbug:
To be perfectly frank, no matter which way things go I just have to be quietly happy at the level of openness and maturity Marten's using here. No silliness, just openly and clearly dealing with/progressing the situation. Hats off for the character writing here, Jeph.

(Yep, registered to post this. Back to lurking!)

ElsaStegosaurus:
Marten may be a cool, collected customer for once in his life (and frankly his extreme zen is starting to damage my own calm), but I can see Claire possibly pulling away and/or freakin' out.  Stupid anxiety.

Lubricus:

--- Quote from: TuRmz on 06 Oct 2014, 00:19 ---I don't know. I guess the main thing that is throwing me off is that if this is really happening then Marten is in the midst of making an important adult decision about his relationship with Claire and DOESN'T SEEM FREAKED OUT OR HESITANT AT ALL

The QC universe might implode

And thank you for the welcome!

--- End quote ---

Maybe each scene has a maximum total of freakoutness, and Claire has used it all up, leaving Marten without any freakoutness left?

NilsO:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 05 Oct 2014, 23:43 ---Well it looks positive. I don't want to be a downer, however this could go bad, depending on Claire's reaction. She could:
* Jump away like a scalded cat;
* Burst into tears, say it can't happen and then beg Martin to leave;
* Smile gratefully and then launch into the "we're better as friends" speech;
* Claire shakes her head and says: "I'm not ready".
--- End quote ---
Excellent analysis for us non-shippers. I guess Marten is just trying to calm Claire down. Marten is happy just to be a good friend, and perhaps a regular back-scratcher.

Besides, imagine what would happen at the library if they hook up? Fast forward about 30 years, and we have a repeat of this scene.

Tub:
Hi everyone.

So... who's this Jeph guy, and why does he keep breaking the no shipping rule without consequences? Don't we have mods to handle such behaviour? :evil:

Instead of squeeing, let me just address a few questions about stores in germany. I'm sure marten and claire will work out their issues just fine without us.


--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 05 Oct 2014, 19:31 ---No 7-11 in Germany afaik. No stores which are open at night in general. Worker protection laws and everything.

--- End quote ---
There are exceptions to the protection laws of course: hospital staff, night guards, gas stations, .. and gas stations are allowed to sell snacks and other packaged food. It's quite pricey (so avoid when possible), but if you're ever in germany, at night, and you're hungry: find a gas station on a busy road.

Cities can grant special exceptions to opening hours, either for festivities or even permanent exceptions. I was stuck at cologne main station one night (missed the last train around 1 am, had to wait until 5 am for the next). I tried to stay at McDonalds, but they closed around 3 and re-opened at 5. I guess someone was really insistent on not allowing 24/7, but it's still the longest opening hours I've ever seen.


--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 05 Oct 2014, 19:50 ---In some ways, that seems good, but what about workers who are night people? I guess they're right fucked, eh?
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Ahh, sleeping at day, the luxuries of the single student days..
As part of growing up, one is expected to become a day person, I think. For me, it took some getting used to, but it worked. I still hate mornings, but I hate those anyway - no matter if they're at 7 am or 7 pm. If I eventually want to have a family (and I do), there's no way to stay a night person, anyway..

Nobody needs to work a day job AND a night job. Worker protection laws actually forbid anyone from working more than 10h per day (except in very special emergency situations), because if you don't have a proper recreational phase between shifts, both your health and your work performance suffer.

There are still night jobs, but usually organized as shift-work, with specific rules in place that one must not work more than X night shifts in a row. No, a worker cannot voluntarily forfeit those protections, because otherwise companies would apply pressure to workers to "voluntarily" do so.

So if you really really want to sleep all day and work all night, and you just cannot afford to stay at university until you're 65: get self-employed.

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