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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
CasAttack:
Dora's doing the right thing here. It is complex, and difficult, but she needs to stick to her guns on the termination. Obviously she feels TERRIBLE for her friend, but this decision is not one she made as a friend. She did it as a boss, and she has to be careful for a variety of reasons on how she handles this.
While maybe not relaying anything to Faye RIGHT NOW would have been smarter, she's trying her best to be impartial where she needs to be. Dora's probably wondering if this is her fault (it isn't) and feels super low.
This could cause a serious, serious rift in the friendship and dynamics among the entire group. I've seen my family go through lost friendships because of business purposes, this is a very real possibility.
mvdwege:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 29 Jan 2015, 22:44 ---I don't think Dora could feel any more shitty about how things have turned out if she tried.
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Agree. And members of the cast have different reactions to feeling shitty: Marten mopes, Faye drinks, Hanners throws herself into a job or a fleeting obssession, and Dora? Dora turns inward and lashes out at the world.
It's been a consistent pattern of behaviour since the beginning of the comic. Which makes this comic rather peculiar: Dora is, while rather harsh, actually not lashing out as hard as she can.
jheartney:
--- Quote from: Dark Matter on 29 Jan 2015, 22:45 ---Fair point, although COBRA has its own problems: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/17/223341729/laid-off-and-looking-for-health-insurance-beware-of-cobra
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Yup, may not be as good as ACA. Before ACA, it was COBRA or nothing. Now it's COBRA or ACA. Two choices. Progress! (Unless Republican Supreme Court justices kill ACA over a technicality.)
You're right, not the right thread for this. Just had to point that out.
Oilman:
--- Quote from: Dark Matter on 29 Jan 2015, 22:45 ---
--- Quote from: jheartney on 29 Jan 2015, 20:54 ---
Which is why we have COBRA: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-consumer-cobra.html
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Fair point, although COBRA has its own problems: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/17/223341729/laid-off-and-looking-for-health-insurance-beware-of-cobra
Also, that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as my problems with at-will employment, but since they're mostly political I guess this probably isn't the right forum for it.
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It's sometimes said that the NHS is the nearest thing the British have to a religion. I don't agree with this 100% but I certainly agree that it is something they (we) take very seriously. Same goes for Zero Hours Contracts and agency work, an issue inextricably linked with immigration and in many respects, EAW by another name; which the British find deeply unacceptable.
NilsO:
--- Quote from: NilsO on 28 Jan 2015, 05:45 ---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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Called it :-D
Dora showing up at the hospital, instead of just talking to Hanners on the phone, shows that she cares. Also, she realizes that it is not a good idea to visit Faye just now, and it is better to let Marten and Hanners handle the situation. She probably feels shitty, but at the same time she must do what she thinks is best for her business, and that is not taking Faye back. I do not really like Dora, but I feel her pain.
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