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WCDT: 2873-2877 (12-16 January 2015)
Baphomet:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 15 Jan 2015, 04:27 ---There are two "nevers" here, one of which is "Never drink at work." And by the way, I worked food service to put myself through college and was never drunk at work. And anybody who was got fired quick. :roll:
The other "never" is "Never drink to cure a hangover." You aren't curing it, you're just postponing it and making it worse.
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It must depend on where you work, then. I worked food service to put myself through undergrad, and the managers whose job it was to fire people were just as likely to provide, accept, or bring their own alcohol (or other) to the shift as anyone else.
techkid:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 15 Jan 2015, 01:55 ---<Quite a lot of possible exposition>
I wonder how Jeph will handle it?
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Will Faye allow it to go that far? Will Marten, or Dora, or Hanners be blind-sided to this depression spiral? I don't think so, personally. While it is possible, I don't think Faye would be able to mask it for long without completely withdrawing herself from the group, a move that they will counteract, by force if necessary.
On today's comic, Dora's "Oh really" could be read as "I don't believe you, but I will humour you for now". They have been friends for a long time, and Dora probably knows Faye's "crisis mode". But I think she will be watched carefully.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: Baphomet on 15 Jan 2015, 04:43 ---
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 15 Jan 2015, 04:27 ---There are two "nevers" here, one of which is "Never drink at work." And by the way, I worked food service to put myself through college and was never drunk at work. And anybody who was got fired quick. :roll:
The other "never" is "Never drink to cure a hangover." You aren't curing it, you're just postponing it and making it worse.
--- End quote ---
It must depend on where you work, then. I worked food service to put myself through undergrad, and the managers whose job it was to fire people were just as likely to provide, accept, or bring their own alcohol (or other) to the shift as anyone else.
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Yup. In this particular world...20-something hipster types working in coffee shops, brewpubs, trattorias, etc., this is pretty standard stuff. I mean, with Faye, it's made worse because of what we know about her backstory and recent behavior. But I worked in a bustling Northampton bar not unlike Horrible Revelation for two years, and downing nips of whisky in the employee bathroom or smoking one-hitters in the walk-in fridge was only the most mild of behavior. It wasn't condoned, exactly, but if you kept your shit together the managers wouldn't try to bust you. This is just a reality for college town service industries.
Zebediah:
Well, I guess it was just different in Raleigh NC in the 1980s.
cesium133:
--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 15 Jan 2015, 06:05 ---This is just a reality for college town service industries.
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And this is why I don't order from Pizza Shuttle when the university is in session... :psyduck:
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