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WCDT: 2821-2825 (27 - 31 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Aziraphale:

--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 30 Oct 2014, 09:41 ---It would have been impossible to keep their relationship secret from work, unless they kept it a secret from everyone. Emily and especially Tai are in Marten and Claire's (mostly Marten's) circle of friends. Even if they didn't come clean at work it would take a day, maybe two at most till it got back to Tai from Dora. Besides, Claire didn't want to keep it secret, she wanted to keep it professional. No kissy faces in the stacks. No special treatment because they are dating. Basically acting more professional about it than everyone else in the library. :)

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Poor choice of words on my part. I don't mean "secret," so much as just "Can we please have this not be a big thing at work?" I agree with you (and others) that it's more about professionalism, but I can see where it didn't quite come off that way.

NemoX:
Workplace relationships are difficult. That's a fact. And you know what? depending on the job, I could agree with it being against the rules. Most of the time tho, not really. They are only an issue if people make it an issue...and THAT'S the issue.

People can't be trusted most of the time to keep personal separate from work. Same with being friends with your boss. A lot of people can't understand work is work and its not personal if they are reprimanded. Obviously with this bunch it shouldn't be an issue. Claire is too invested in this job as a career and Marten wouldn't act without considering Claire's feelings about it (teasing her like he did is not big enough a thing to invalidate this statement). So I think they will be fine.

But yeah, it's a delicate thing to balance. Good thing Marten, should he choose to use it, has blackmail material on two of the board members if they found out or cared enough. Then again, one of them pretends to be a janitor so....don't think he would lol

(will edit the referenced strip links later, can't archive search at the moment)

ReindeerFlotilla:

--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 30 Oct 2014, 07:47 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Oct 2014, 07:04 ---
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 28 Oct 2014, 21:47 ---The real question about Ms. Augustus is, is her middle name Annette?
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I've just got the feeling that her first name is Clarice.
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ReindeerFlotilla was talking about the younger Ms. Augustus, the one we know as Claire, I thought.

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Indeed, I was. I was writing a subtle pun. It wouldn't do to put the words "Claire" and "Annette" in there together.

Neko_Ali:
And Claire is the only one who really takes work at the library seriously. And probably Momo. Tai and Marten pal around all the time. Tai gets stoned at work. Emily is... Emily. Trustees are having sex in the back rooms. Nobody knows how Gabby acts since she's been pretty much written out of the story. She may not even be working there anymore. Work clearly gets done well enough, but it's a very relaxed atmosphere to work in. Claire and Marten are being a lot more responsible than a lot of people would be in that job, but as said, being a librarian and working in the Smif Library is important to Claire. So it's good that Marten respects that.

BenRG:
I do wonder what happened to Gabby. One of the last conversations between her and Marten was basically her making very cynical comments about what his 'angle' was in not making a fuss about Tai dating Dora. If she does still work at the library (and, frankly, I can't see why not), it wouldn't surprise me if she's one of those co-workers who is strictly on a professional communication basis simply because she doesn't get on with the others on a personal level. In other words, she's not part of the Marten Reed extended social circle.

Could she cause trouble if she found out about Marten and Claire's relationship? Possibly but I get the feeling that there isn't actually a rule that they're breaking. Unless it suited the trustees or the Dean's supervisory board to make trouble, it probably wouldn't go further than them being asked to verbally assure upper management that they'll not let their personal lives leak into their professional lives.

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