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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
TRVA123:
--- Quote from: SJCrew on 19 Jan 2015, 22:43 ---
--- Quote ---... why was I singled out, exactly. If she gets hired back in two weeks, it's just another version of what I was saying Dora should do.
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It's not. What you're saying is that the punishment was too harsh and irreversible. What I'm saying is the complete inverse: a) she can be planning to give her the job back all along, but had to send a strong enough message to get through to her, a message that "Go home" or "You're suspended" could not, and b) even if she wasn't expecting an immediate turnaround from Faye, she is doing what any good boss would do in her situation by setting an irrevokable standard for her business and her employers. If anybody else is having a shit time, they will know not to go 'full Faye', and take it out on the job.
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This, so much this.
I just don't get why people are trying to give Faye a pass on this. She fucked up. There are consequences when you fuck up.
Yeah, you might say that Dora is being a bad friend (although I don't think we've let this play out enough to make that call) But Dora has to be the boss first. She can't just think of Faye. She has to think of her business, herself, and her other employees. Friendship doesn't trump those things.
Also, Faye has to realize that her friends/coworkers have breaking points. I don't get why people are jumping on Dora for not hearing Fayes cry for help, but people aren't jumping on Faye for pushing Dora too far.
Leveton:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 19 Jan 2015, 22:11 ---Name one thing Faye could have done whilst drunk that would have been more damaging to the business than Faye's irreparable termination, knowing Faye has a loyal customer base that come in just for her patented scorn and that her termination is almost a guaranteed drop in loyal, repeat customers?
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Spill hot coffee on a customer. A customer who sues. In court, it comes out that Faye was drunk and Dora knew it before it happened. Compensatory damages covering medical care, as well as the famed "pain and suffering." Punitive damages for knowingly allowing a drunk employee to handle scalding-hot liquids around customers. Because of that same gross negligence, Coffee of Doom's liability insurance won't pay any claims from the suit. In such a lawsuit, compensatory and punitive damages could EASILY surpass the point at which Dora would lose Coffee of Doom (and any other assets Dora has that are not protected by U.S. bankruptcy law). Everyone at Coffee of Doom is out of a job.
plusorminus:
--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 19 Jan 2015, 22:54 ---
Also, Faye has to realize that her friends/coworkers have breaking points. I don't get why people are jumping on Dora for not hearing Fayes cry for help, but people aren't jumping on Faye for pushing Dora too far.
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Because that's not how it works here. Dora sealed her fate with much of this crowd when she had the temerity to ask Marten out when Faye made it clear nothing was going to happen between them anytime soon.
Oenone's (I love that name, yay Greek mythology!) anecdote is very apropos here. Suppose a customer with a severe nut allergy who makes that clear when ordering asks for a nonfat skim mocha and drunk!Faye makes it with Almond milk and adds a dash of hazelnut syrup to it? Someone dying would definitely be a buzzkill for the cafe and Dora would be lucky to escape with her ass intact, especially if it were to come out that Faye had been warned before and Dora let things stand.
But by all means, Dora-haters, commence with burning her in effigy. Dumb bitch deserves it for not being omnipotent and existing and ... stuff.
xaszatm:
--- Quote from: Leveton on 19 Jan 2015, 22:55 ---
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 19 Jan 2015, 22:11 ---Name one thing Faye could have done whilst drunk that would have been more damaging to the business than Faye's irreparable termination, knowing Faye has a loyal customer base that come in just for her patented scorn and that her termination is almost a guaranteed drop in loyal, repeat customers?
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Spill hot coffee on a customer. A customer who sues. In court, it comes out that Faye was drunk and Dora knew it before it happened. Compensatory damages covering medical care, as well as the famed "pain and suffering." Punitive damages for knowingly allowing a drunk employee to handle scalding-hot liquids around customers. Because of that same gross negligence, Coffee of Doom's liability insurance won't pay any claims from the suit. In such a lawsuit, compensatory and punitive damages could EASILY surpass the point at which Dora would lose Coffee of Doom (and any other assets Dora has that are not protected by U.S. bankruptcy law). Everyone at Coffee of Doom is out of a job.
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And that's not including the dangerous weapons the CoD have around like the broadsword and the blowtorch. Do people really think that threatening someone with a broadsword and accidentally injuring someone with said broadsword are the same thing?
Is it cold in here?:
Another hypothetical disaster would be if Faye mishandled food and someone got sick. The disaster would come when the health department came in for an inspection. Between the spiders in the basement and the science project in the carafe (strip 729) CoD would get closed the same day.
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