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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
pelotard:
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--- Quote from: Awsyme on 26 Jan 2015, 17:50 ---when she fired Faye she threw up some legalize such as bad attitude, rudeness etc when that will have been accepted coffee house behaviour for years and nothing she's ever complained about before.
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I still don't think that's what she was saying there. To me, it sounded like she was saying "I can tolerate all that stuff, but not you breaking The One Big Rule."
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People drinking on the job is a big no no that will get you insta fired in many places.
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Not where I live. The employer is normally required to offer you help with rehab (it's considered a health problem much like e.g. depression). Refusing treatment, however, is likely to land you far up the creek with no obvious means of propulsion. And it sort of presumes that you weren't expected to operate heavy machinery (I don't think the CoD espresso machine counts).
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I can see Dora re-hiring Faye, in a junior position, on condition she stays sober and is cooperating with her rehab program. Frankly, as an ex-employer myself, that's what I would do.
pelotard:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 26 Jan 2015, 23:17 ---
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--- Quote from: NemoX on 26 Jan 2015, 23:00 ---Looks like we have another record breaking thread in the making. Speculations aside, I just wanna know who the hell punched Marten, let alone how he avoided a bruise or black eye :S
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And, yeah, 9 pages, and it's barely Tuesday. Though I'm guessing things will calm down once tomorrow's comic is posted. Especially if it's a filler because Jeph is out of power.
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No. That's when the hysteria begins.
If Jeph is off line, by Wednesday, we'll be eating each other.
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Proverb amended to read "Civilization is two meals, 24 hours and one QC comic away from barbarism".
Akima:
--- Quote from: TeaOfDeath on 26 Jan 2015, 19:26 ---It's a real problem for us too, and it really hits home for people like me, who've only ever seen alcoholism portrayed as a real illness for men; for women it's always a "party phase" or something else negligible.
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Check out "Days of Wind and Roses" (1962).
People always want doctors to tell them everything will be OK.
McH:
I can see a role for Dora in motivating Faye to go and do something that will make her happy and give her life meaning. As her long-term (ex) employer she knows what drives Faye and how she can make that work. But I don't see Dora re-hiring her. Trust has been broken and she has a responsibility to her employees, as a boss. Part of that responsibility consists of being clear about rules and consequences. It would erode her authority to go back on firing Faye now. (Also it'd feel wrong from a plot perspective to me personally).
Dora may able to support and help her in other ways though. As mentioned, Faye already got one commission through her. And she can keep tabs on Faye and help get her into a productive rhythm, maybe provide a bit of support with the business side of things. Just because Boss Dora shouldn't put up with her being drunk on the job, doesn't mean that friend Dora can't help her make the most of this.
BenRG:
Faye can weld and forge metal, although it is questionable if she has any formal qualifications in this field (possible BEng?)... I wonder if she might end up working in the local bodywork shop as on-the-job training? Oddly enough, her personality and attitude might work quite well in the social environment of auto repair! :-D
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