Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2897 - 2901 (16-20 February 2015)
explicit:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 15 Feb 2015, 21:22 ---I think just about everyone's aware of how Penelope is supposed to be pronounced. It's just a callback to Faye's preferred pronunciation (Pen-Ah-lope).
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Broken Lizard's Club Dread taught me it's Peen-ah-lope. That is now the way we say her name forever.
Dark Matter:
--- Quote from: NilsO on 15 Feb 2015, 23:53 ---Well, Dora has to give some explanation, otherwise there will be endless speculation and concern. "She quit" is probably not good enough, as usually this is not an abrupt thing. "I had to fire her", without further explanation, should be sufficient. But "she was drunk at work" is decidedly unprofessional. It is Dora's damned duty not to spread rumors about former employees.
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I imagine if Dora were thinking completely rationally about the situation she would not be saying all of this to Penelope. However, we should keep in mind that this is not just an boss firing a worker, this is also a personal issue for Dora. My guess is that she is torn between feeling like Faye betrayed her trust and feeling like she is the one who betrayed Faye (hence the rationalization). That is not a mindset that seems conducive to tactfulness.
Is it cold in here?:
Even at a large company, details sometimes get published. An accomplished co-worker of mine disappeared, people were initially tight-lipped, then HR announced he'd been fired for viewing porn at work.
Honkytonk:
I don't think Dora is being stupid or heartless or anything of the sort. She's done what she needed to. Giving Faye the boot is good for Faye and for CoD as a business. As for discussing it with Penelope/other members of staff, I work in a west country pub part-time, which is probably a similar size of business staff-wise to Coffee of Doom, and I don't think it's ridiculous to tell other people why someone's been fired - serves as a warning (not really necessary at CoD tbh) and also quashes any rumours/gossip before it takes root. Perfectly reasonable. (Although if people got fired at my place for being drunk at work there would never be any staff)
I know the point of today's comic is Dora's trait of second guessing herself, so I kind of hope there's no backsliding on her part.
Dark Matter:
--- Quote from: Honkytonk on 16 Feb 2015, 00:16 ---I know the point of today's comic is Dora's trait of second guessing herself, so I kind of hope there's no backsliding on her part.
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Even if Dora is second-guessing herself, it seems like Faye doesn't really want to return to CoD, so Dora backsliding probably wouldn't get very far.
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