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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 Jan 2015, 16:54 ---Like I said before, telling her to go home, giving both an opportunity to cool off. Firing her in the morning would've still been much better.
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Would that have stopped Faye from coming in drunk the next morning? Or the morning after that? Where's the cut off point there?
Faye got a warning and sent home the day before. And she still came in drunk and was caught drinking on the job. Dora did what any responsible employer would have done in that situation.
Is it fair? Not at all but Faye still broke several rules and is probably in breach of her contract.
It isn't always a case of having a right time to fire people. My first job was in a supermarket and we'd have someone fired every couple of weeks. One girl got fired midshift because she was spritzing the back of several co-workers' shirts with a bottle that had a bit of bleach mixed with water. A guy got fired Christmas Eve because he was jumping across this hole we had in the storage area (for getting stock from the ground floor to the first floor and vice versa) and have you ever been in a supermarket on Christmas Eve, let alone worked in one?
Each employer has a point and if you cross it, you're gone. Faye crossed that line when she brought in a bottle of alcohol to work and went to take a swig from it.
ysth:
No, not Penny; Dora digs up Sara's number!
Dora has to be feeling betrayed here, and it seems to be that being "compassionate" would just be enabling.
Rubick:
As someone else pointed out, you have to consider that this is also quite a hurtful betrayal from Dora's POV too. She explicitly told Faye no drinking at work the prior day (which shouldn't need to be said anyway). For someone to ignore that, then go at lengths to deceive (all while being at a business you run and an accident is a big fuckin' deal) must be infuriating.
cesium133:
--- Quote from: Blackbird on 19 Jan 2015, 17:05 ---Faye isn't just her employee or her friend. Faye is her assistant manager, the person she's supposed to be able to be trust beyond a shadow of a doubt, and she just slapped Dora's trust in the face.
My prediction: Faye cleans up in a few days (comic time), asks for her job back, and of course gets her original job back but finds out Penny is the new asst. manager. Hilarity ensues.
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Now I sort of want to see Penny's reaction when she finds out Faye's been fired. There will be celebrations...
themacnut:
--- Quote from: Platypodes on 19 Jan 2015, 16:47 ---But friendship goes both ways: BECAUSE Faye is her friend, Dora must be feeling all the more hurt and betrayed by Faye's behavior. Her friend is sneaking, lying, and showing zero respect or concern for Dora's business, which Faye has every reason to know is extremely important to Dora. Especially after trusting Faye enough to give her the assistant manager position, Dora must be feeling seriously betrayed.
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Yep, Dora did what she had to do. Faye is her friend, and she is obviously hurting over her breakup; but Dora has a business to run, and her new assistant manager is now acting in a way that threatens to hurt that business by setting a lousy example for other employees, among other things. Dora cannot let that go on, she has to nip it in the bud as soon as possible. The business, Dora's only source of income, has to come first in this case.
It's not pleasant to do or see, but it is part of the possible consequences of mixing friendship and business. Which doesn't necessarily mean that Dora has stopped being Faye's friend, she just can't allow her friend to continue to work at Dora's business while that friend has a growing drinking problem. Not that Faye's going to accept any overtures of friendship from Dora now of course - an alcoholic tends to despise anyone who even threatens to interfere with their drinking.
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