I told myself I wouldn't start commenting in the forums, because it's time consuming and habit forming, but I just HAD to say something after this much needed bomb finally dropped on Faye's self centered head. Now I'm not going to lie, I've never really liked Faye. I think she's selfish, stubborn, and generally obnoxious for no reason other than because she's too afraid to deal with her own issues, but even from an objective point of view, it astounds me that so many people *still* feel sorry for her here. I mean when it comes right down to it, she has abused the trust and good will of her friends time and time again for years, but this time she went too far, and she fully deserves to face some real consequences for it. Faye might not be a terrible person at her core, but she has behaved incredibly selfishly, and especially after all the times her friends have overlooked it in the past, this absolutely had to be the last straw. I mean she came into work, drunk, and furthermore continued to drink while still at work. She took the immense amount of trust that Dora placed in her, and threw it back in her face just because she's upset with something going on in her life outside of work, AGAIN. Honestly, all things considered, this goes beyond just being worthy of a firing, this is friendship ending grade stuff. I'm not saying that I think it will actually come to that, but if it did, Faye would definitely deserve it.
Anyway, that's just my personal point of view on the situation. In terms of what I feel would be good for the actual story, and the development of the characters therein, I still hope that she doesn't get her job back. I don't think that it would do her, Dora, or anybody who's involved any good if everybody just forgave and forgot something that Faye did because she refuses to learn how to deal with life like an adult, yet again. It needs to be a turning point in her life, and for that to happen she needs to face the music, not be coddled.
I feel an intervention coming on. (Hopefully)
And holy bejeezus people, stop attacking Dora. She has every freakin' right to be as angry as she wants right now. Faye coming into work drunk was bad enough, but continuing to drink while still *at* work, near the beginning of her shift, lost her any and all claim that she might have had on even a shred of sympathy. She's threatened Dora's business, and betrayed her trust. You shouldn't be saying "Fuck you Dora", you should be saying "Holy shit, good on her for finally firing Faye. That selfish shit certainly deserved it this time." I mean ultimately, if you want to feel sorry for Faye then go ahead, that's up to you, but don't do it at the expense of your opinion of Dora, she absolutely did the right thing here.