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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
Jays:
--- Quote from: Fenriswolf on 20 Jan 2015, 16:02 ---I absolutely despise the casual manner by which Dora was able to fire Faye, and that it doesn't raise any eyebrows. Especially since it seems the QC-verse has the same situation as the modern day US with no real public healthcare and likely limited unemployment benefits.
It makes my skin crawl, frankly, and makes me sad that in a generally more liberal imagining of the US you're still completely at the mercy of your employer. (Whether or not Faye deserves to lose her job it utterly irrelevant this point.)
Edit to fix random tags.
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My, a lot of us are coming out of lurkerdom today.
New York state, where I live, is an at-will employment state. (As are many others, including Massachusetts, I believe.) Per the Department of Labor website: Barring a contract (which is rarer and rarer these days), "an employer has the right to discharge an employee at any time for any reason."
I witnessed a co-worker get fired once because a member of the public made a complaint about her, and while it couldn't be backed up, the boss told her point-blank that the goodwill of the complainer was more important. (That boss was particularly odious.)
Personally, I agree that Dora had to do it. But I do wish that someone would SEE how Faye is getting deeper and deeper into the abyss, to an alarming degree. :( Two flawed characters, but aren't we all?
Method of Madness:
I wish Marten were wearing his "my mommy spanks people" shirt in today's filler.
Rghfrgl:
Maybe she can take Joyce on as a apprentice.
Method of Madness:
Wait, is that who that was supposed to be?
ankhtahr:
Yep. Look at the news. It's one of Willis' characters, so it's obviously Joyce.
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