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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
greywolfe:
Faye is getting off easy. Not Dora's fault that she's a chronic alcoholic.
Dark Matter:
--- Quote from: DillyDolly on 29 Jan 2015, 20:45 ---Wow... 10 points off Team Dora for lousy tact! She could have put it better—like: "Tell her I'll keep her on insurance until she gets out of the hospital." Or something like that. Kind of crummy to go blabbing to others about firing Faye—especially when Faye is in such a fragile state.
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This is assuming that this is the first time she's told anyone about firing Faye, but the may she says it is fairly ambiguous, and Hannelore doesn't seem shocked so much as just saddened.
jheartney:
--- Quote from: Dark Matter on 29 Jan 2015, 20:50 ---Having said that, I do think the existence of at-will firing is a definite problem. This strip shows part of the reason: if it weren't for the fact that Faye and Dora are/were friends, Faye would just be fired period and would be facing a potentially devastating situation with medical costs.
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Which is why we have COBRA: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-consumer-cobra.html
DillyDolly:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 29 Jan 2015, 20:51 ---
--- Quote from: DillyDolly on 29 Jan 2015, 20:48 ---I don't debate that, however, the way she is handling it is rather immature and also not fair to Hannelore.
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So you think Dora should have marched on in on just-recovering Faye to remind her of the recent trauma? WRT the firing, it's not a secret. I'm sure the whole main cast knows.
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There's a little magical thing these days called a text. ;)
But that aside, she could have done a number of other things that would have been smarter - like send flowers or talk to Marten (totally a better choice than sending poor Hannelore)! Also, the way she worded it was pretty tactless. It was human, but lacked professionalism and came off sounding like she was rubbing the firing in Faye's face.
Carl-E:
Personally, I think it's Dora who needs the bear. It looks (to me) like there's a part of her that wants to go in and see Faye.
And it's a part of her that she's denying. Or rather, extinguishing. Purposefully. Not with malice, but rather in an ascetic way - she's willing to suffer the loss of a friendship for her principles.
I know a few people like that. Very few, fortunately. The get more bitter as they age.
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