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Scarblac:

--- Quote from: techkid on 20 Jan 2015, 04:22 ---You've laid down your terms and conditions, and they have to act, knowing there will be repercussions if they don't.
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They already had a discussion about alcohol at work the day before, and Dora made it clear that that was not an option. So that point was already past.

Anyway, in the real world drinking on the job is immediate dismissal too. Dora didn't really have a choice.

bhtooefr:

--- Quote from: NilsO on 20 Jan 2015, 04:33 ---S/S Claireten might suffer through this. Marten can try to explain the situation to Claire, but it might feed Claire's insecurities and lead to a breakup. Still, I guess Marten will do everything he can to try to help Faye.
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Which makes me think of a couple of other possibilities.

Maybe Marten decides to not focus on Faye, after his breakup with Dora in an extremely similar (although much smaller magnitude) scenario. Maybe that's even the best thing for Faye, if it helps her hit rock bottom more safely.

Maybe Marten decides to involve Claire in helping Faye, specifically to alleviate her anxieties. And, Claire might even like that idea - even though she and Faye hadn't gotten along in the past, they were getting on better terms, and Faye gave her the push to realize what her feelings actually were towards Marten - she may even feel that she owes Faye. This may not be the best thing for Faye, mind you.

Now, I wonder if Clairedad had any other vices other than cheating, too... for some reason, I think Claire's going to be important in this arc, and I suspect there's a twist regarding her.

BenRG:
@bhtooefr,

Actually, I can see Claire being defensive of Marten and getting into an argument with Faye about how her behaviour is hurting him. This would come as a cold slap in the face for Faye who, like many in her situation, isn't likely to consider the affects of her behaviour on others until it is literally rubbed in her face.

It's even money if this would make her turn around or if it would be another personal fault in the increasingly long list that makes her question the value of her continued existence.

ASB84:
Dora caring about Faye and wanting to help her, and Dora taking harsh but not inappropriate action as her employer are not mutually exclusive, either. I would suggest that she does indeed care about Faye and doesn't want to add to her troubles or see her come to harm, but at the same time, her trust has been betrayed (personally and professionally) and her hand has been forced. It's strongly suggested that drinking/being drunk on the job is a zero tolerance issue; friend or not, if that's the case, then it's hardly an overreaction. Of course, this being Dora, it's always going to look like one. If nothing else, she could've chosen less terse wording, but it is a big deal, and she's obviously (and rightfully) angry about the situation, so it's understandable.

It's not that Faye's situation doesn't warrant sympathy - in-universe and out - but she also messed up, big time. Firing her isn't exactly a nice thing to do, and short term it isn't helpful (in the long run, as a means of not enabling her, and providing her with a wakeup call...well, perhaps it will be), but by the apparent terms of her employment, it's justified.

And, as others have pointed out, on top of the possible risks and severe consequences Dora would face for allowing an employee to work while impaired, it's also potentially affecting the employment and income of the rest of the CoD staff. Furthermore, a slap on the wrist sends a bad message to the rest of the staff, and they would be quite within their rights to be upset if the assistant manager - who they're not that thrilled about being in charge in the first place - was allowed to benefit from a double standard like that.

plusorminus:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 20 Jan 2015, 03:24 ---
4 - It's been mentioned by someone, but not picked up, that Faye could now see herself free to follow Angus, if he is willing to take her back.  As the immediate cause of her resumption of drinking is the separation, that would give her the opportunity to get back in control without the same level of temptation.  Whether such a decision would lead to her being on the bus permanently would be up to Jeph, of course; but it would give more space for Marten's relationship with Claire to develop, and help stem the perpetual increase in the number of characters that slows the story down more and more.


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I know that I made point on Number 4 here in last week's thread. However, long ago when I suggested that Dora's Svenectomy decision certainly must have been precipitated by some off-screen unacceptable behaviour, I was more or less told that Jeph doesn't "do" off-screen, and what you see is what you get in QC. If this is true, then Angus has washed his hands of Faye. Without the allowance that he tried to reach out to her off-screen, we are left to assume he has shaken her off and is preparing for her new life, and may not want Faye to follow him.

That doesn't preclude her doing some Felicity-type thing and finding success as an artist and the love of her life in New York, but at the moment, it seems as if Angus is over the relationship and her. I'll admit when I wrote that, I did so thinking it was the least of the possibilities and that Faye would not have to face the consequences of her actions quite so soon.

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