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FunkyTuba:

--- Quote from: Oilman on 27 Jan 2015, 22:50 ---I did wonder about the COBRA reference. COBRA in the UK is some sort of Government Security Comittee

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American politicians love acronyms. This one is the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

It did a bunch of things…tariffs, price supports, etc but is most famous for its "you can buy equivalent health care for a while after losing your job" stuff that experienced human resources people can chunder out in a 20 second spasm of monotone as security walks you out the door.

It's also where the "hospitals can't turn you away from the ER if they accept Medicaid funding" comes from.

TheEvilDog:

--- Quote from: NilsO on 28 Jan 2015, 05:45 ---As for Dora, I would expect that Marten has talked to her, but advised her to stay away for the time being. I guess the topics for the rest of the week is going to be:

* Thursday: Faye's reaction
* Friday: Dora's reaction
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You know, I was just thinking about this and tomorrow's comic might be Faye trying to remember what happened. Friday's comic could be the mirror to Monday's, this time from Marten's perspective.

swapna:
Hm, this is interesting - I would have expected Faye to remember at least that and why she has been fired (I mean, it has been one of the reasons why she drank so much).

Now Dora has to fire her again; I don't think she's going to take her back. I don't think Faye should go back even if Dora would take her - while she had been in a position of responsibility (even training others) and had been invested in the job, I don't know if she ever got a pay raise; I won't assume she did. Dora never thanked her except  hugging her, something Faye clearly felt uncomfortable with. And then there's the point where she fired her on the spot - clearly this is as much a cultural issue as it gets, as I still think it's a despicable thing to do especially if it involves denying Faye insurance, unemployment benefits and all that while others think it's a perfectly fine thing to do.
To make it clear: I don't think Dora shouldn't fire her at all or tolerate all of Faye's faults including insubordination and drunkenness, but I feel she owes Faye at least a normal termination of employment.

Marten: Oh god, that guy looks SO tired. I bet he stayed at the hospital all night (I'll assume it's early next day or really late in the night, since Marten looks really tired)

Angus: I'm with you guys - that man is out of the picture. Done, gone, up in New York, I don't know if Marten or anybody else even has a contact address for the guy. I don't doubt he would try and make time and come - I think he's not happy about being dumped that unceremoniously, but he doesn't seem like a guy who would punish somebody who's clearly hurting that much.

Faye's welding: Man, that would be way more interesting - it could open up Faye finding her way to doing something she really, really likes. Hanners could help! She's been an example to Faye throughout the comic, interestingly - Faye leaned from her to push boundaries she had (even if her relationship with Sven hurt her, pushing her boundaries helped her.). She could learn about self-employment from her, how to advertise special services (like her art or espressoraptors, whichever sells better) and how to stand on her own two feet. I would love to see that.

Geographus:
It's more likely that she does not remember anything after a specific point
during drinking and is just confused about how she ended in a hospital bed.
She was not totally drunk when Dora fired her so I think she will remember that.

swapna:
Right, could be. Probably she just doesn't remember passing out, but then I would have expected gloomier reaction, kinda. We'll see tomorrow :)

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