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Faye finds a new job

Hannelore has to play the role of Abyssina when Arthur comes into CoD

Emily and Claire talk boyfriends at work (aka 'filler')

Dora gets some unwelcome news (aka 'something unexpected')

Pintsize's singing dildo is a success! Can a companion Anthro PC legally own a business?

Someone is getting a new dad and it isn't necessarily Marten (aka 'something new')!

[gprimr1]

Remember there is more than Smif library as an option for both of them.

In that immediate area:

Amherst Public Library
Umass Amherst Library
Amherst College Library
Forbe's Library (Northampton's Public Library)
Hampshire College Library
Mt. Holyoke College Library
And more

There are plenty of options for library jobs for both.

[BenRG]

I wonder what you do with Emily with internships ending.

I could see Emily getting a job at Elicott-Chatham Cybernetics store (the chassis shop) in Northampton as a software support team junior. ECC ignore the NRO's fearful warning about just what she can do with Net-ready software. The AIs generally treat her as a pet and enjoy the little social media live-streaming utilities she writes for them. She gets to be a good friend to the talking toaster because the two of them have dream jobs in common.

If Tai's evaluation of Claire is particularly good, I could see Professor Borogrove recommending her as a junior librarian to one of the local institutions.

[Pilchard123]

The AIs generally treat her as a pet

Or they're terrified of her.

[cesium133]

I wonder what you do with Emily with internships ending. Claire's spot in the comic is pretty cemented right now and it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to be hired for a proper part time job at the library while she goes back to school anyway, because she loves libraries.

Both of them getting hired seems less reasonable. Emily dating Clinton can keep her in the strip, but she's much more removed from the rest of the cast that way.

I hear that Coffee of Doom has a job opening now....


To soon?

Emily: "Banana smoothie?"
*Emily picks up hammer*
Faye: "Emily smoothie?"
*Faye picks up crowbar*

[DSL]

I'll bet she's all mimsy.

Lead singer of the Mome Raths too.

Truly outgrabe-eous.

[Zebediah]

I wonder what you do with Emily with internships ending.

Speculation, unsupported by any evidence: Claire decides that it's time to move out of the house. (But not move in with Marten - way too soon.) She goes apartment-hunting, and discovers that any apartment in Northampton is out of reach for her current finances, but if she had a roommate she could afford one. And it turns out that Emily is also looking for a place to live.

This provides a convenient way to keep Emily around, and Emily and Claire sharing an apartment has plenty of potential for comedy gold.

[Pilchard123]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrfHj3j398

[Truec]

I'm still confused as to why Emily, who is in computer science, got an internship at the library in the first place.  She said it's because she likes the smell of books, but I hear you can hang out at libraries even if you don't work there.  I could easily see her sticking around, maybe become to the library what Marten was to Coffee O'Doom.

[Rghfrgl]

Claire and Emily oddcouple roomies ruins my Claire and Tai oddcouple roomie fanfiction.

Although it does make her less likely to murder everyone before Hanners can get a chance to.

[Aziraphale]

Maybe if Emily was exploring an MIS degree? It's not quite Library Science, but there's at least some commonality there.

[FunkyTuba]

Speculation, unsupported by any evidence: Claire decides that it's time to move out of the house. (But not move in with Marten - way too soon.) She goes apartment-hunting, and discovers that any apartment in Northampton is out of reach for her current finances, but if she had a roommate she could afford one. And it turns out that...

...Dora decides she needs a roommate too.

That's be comedy Platinum.

As to Emily, I suspect that Jeph likes writing her too much not to keep her around, simply on merit.

[Neko_Ali]

And now for the twist. Emily actually hasn't been interning at the library. She just followed along the day that Claire and Gabby showed up for their internships, and everyone just assumed that's why she was there too. She just is there every day looking up stuff an hanging out with her friends while everyone thinks she's working there. (I don't think we've actually seen her shelving books, helping students or anything like that...)

[Pilchard123]

Have we seen Claire or Gabby (or Tai, for that matter) do that?

[chaospersonified]

Have we seen Claire or Gabby (or Tai, for that matter) do that?

Tai, actually, yes. I'm remembering the scene where Claire finds out Marten and Dora used to date. I remember Tai at the very least handling books like she was in the process of shelving them.

Someone who's good at the archive, can you verify? I have a vivid imagination sometimes...

[Is it cold in here?]

Today's Specials:

Pintsize Smoothie

[Gladstone]

Claire and Emily oddcouple roomies ruins my Claire and Tai oddcouple roomie fanfiction.

Although it does make her less likely to murder everyone before Hanners can get a chance to.

And both those roomie pairings ruin my Hannelore and Claire roomie fanfiction.

Think about it!  Claire seems like enough of a neat-freak to help Hannelore come out of her shell a bit and overcome some more of her issues.  It's something she wants to do anyway, and a much better idea than living with Marigold. 

And since she would still probably object to the thought of someone having sex anywhere in her apartment ("DO YOU WANT ME TO GET THE BLACKLIGHT AND SHOW YOU WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!"), Marten's place is conveniently located just a few floors down.

[Neko_Ali]

Well, there's only one recourse. They all need to get together, buy a nice big plot of land and set up the Questionable Commune.

[Gladstone]

And between Hannelore's massive family wealth, Emily's mad computer skills, Steve's cut-throat secret agent know-how, and May's military tech, they soon control an entire Questionable Continent.

[gprimr1]

I'm still confused as to why Emily, who is in computer science, got an internship at the library in the first place.  She said it's because she likes the smell of books, but I hear you can hang out at libraries even if you don't work there.  I could easily see her sticking around, maybe become to the library what Marten was to Coffee O'Doom.

My friend works as a librarian and she says that more than half of her job now is providing tech support for people.

[Method of Madness]

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

[cesium133]

[hedgie]

Tier 1 tech-support:  Power-cycle the device and re-install Windows (even if the user is on Mac or Linux)

Tier 2:  Wave a dead chicken over it.

Tier 3:  Sacrifice a virgin on the new moon.

[Method of Madness]

[lawnchair]

I'm still confused as to why Emily, who is in computer science, got an internship at the library in the first place.  She said it's because she likes the smell of books, but I hear you can hang out at libraries even if you don't work there.

Delurking because we've managed to land on my day job. I have a CS degree, and I'm a full-time server/database/search admin at a large academic library.  Besides our main 8 million record catalog, we catalog over a million digital images, tens of thousands of videos/archives folders/institutional records (i.e., every thesis ever), and publish 15 online academic journals.

I do get to hire CS interns/student hourlies as funding permits.

And I do wander into the stacks to smell the books most days.

Library - the original Google.

[Pilchard123]

Hey, look! A talking lawn chair!

Are lawn chairs preyed upon by gazebos?

[Mr. Skawronska]

"EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE"

Do you have any idea how painful it is to have a carbonated energy drink come shooting out your nose??

[Pilchard123]

I once had spaghetti come out of my nose. That said, I was about three at the time.

[Mr. Skawronska]

I once had spaghetti come out of my nose. That said, I was about three at the time.

Spaghetti, huh?  Sounds interesting.

Gonna be honest, though -- Pushing foodstuffs out my nose ain't exactly a voluntary pastime.  Just sayin that last panel made me laugh harder than I have in a long time.

And I have no idea why.

[Is it cold in here?]

Welcome, new person!

[Akima]

In closing, i'd like to ask, that when you start making absolute statements such as "anyone who does it belongs in prison too.", you stop, and carefully think it through first.

You make a fair point, but your medical example would not, I think, be a criminal offence in the first place, when dealing with a patient who is no longer capable of giving informed consent, would it? At least I am assuming you have some lawful authority to administer medical treatment without such consent?

[jheartney]

In closing, i'd like to ask, that when you start making absolute statements such as "anyone who does it belongs in prison too.", you stop, and carefully think it through first.

You make a fair point, but your medical example would not, I think, be a criminal offence in the first place, when dealing with a patient who is no longer capable of giving informed consent, would it? At least I am assuming you have some lawful authority to administer medical treatment without such consent?

There's a legal entity called a "conservatorship" which can apply to individuals no longer competent to handle their financial affairs and/or their personal affairs. This happened with my mother when she got dementia in old age. She was prone to angry paranoid delusions, so the home where she lived gave her Haldol, which kept her in a good mood and fairly cooperative. By this time she was not coherent, and babbled rather like a toddler. In no way could she give consent to the drugs, but without them her life and those of her caregivers would have been much worse.

Giving drugs to a competent adult without consent is a serious crime. Claire clearly qualifies as competent. Anyone who gave her a pot brownie without telling her what is was would deserve prosecution. Same with anyone administering roofies, etc.

[Endellion]

Well, there's only one recourse. They all need to get together, buy a nice big plot of land and set up the Questionable Commune.

Hannelore has already got this planned out.

[JRDelirio]

IMO a mission to "chill" or "loosen up" Claire would be ill-advised; she's not a stick in the mud, she can be relaxed  in a personal setting, she is in no need of unsolicited intervention.  But there are things she takes seriously and her career is one of those things.  Alas, she is surrounded by an army of professional HakunaMatata-ers.  And for some reason a lot of people think "oooh, someone doesn't think this is funny, let's tease them over it even more, watch their face get red" is the height of wit.  As soon as she was told this was serious, Tai should have just said, "just kidding!".  But instead she keeps trolling Claire.

. I've had bosses like Tai, I don't like it either. There's a time and a place for everything... being drunk or high at work is wrong. Pushing work off on your friends because you are drunk or high is wrong. That's not a "method to the madness" style of management. I'm not uptight, I let loose in appropriate settings... The place of employment isn't ever the right place.

  Thing is, Tai very often is used to shout out "Hey check out how open and loose and progressive is the culture here at SMIF!!" -- the discussions of not just drug use (not just weed but also LSD and X, both portrayed as no big deal) but relationship issues in her early strips, the piercing expedition with Marten, etc.   Though we don't see much of the actual college life, it seems a reasonable assumption to think of it as a stereotypical northeastern LibArts school where everyone uses something mood-altering, the academic departments are progressive to a fault and the administration's major goal is just to get through the year without anything "scandalous" hitting the press. (And BTW no, IRL "everyone" does not use weed at college, there are many who don't, and even a small minority  who do not use anything )

[hedgie]

You make a fair point, but your medical example would not, I think, be a criminal offence in the first place, when dealing with a patient who is no longer capable of giving informed consent, would it? At least I am assuming you have some lawful authority to administer medical treatment without such consent?

Hopefully.  I have met people who were mentally gone enough to not be able to provide consent, but that was generally in the crazy-house, and required a judge making a decision after speaking to the other patient, the doctors, and their respective legal people.

[Radium_Coyote]

To be fair, I was probably had at the aforementioned bachanalia: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2869

[cesium133]

To be fair, I was probably had at the aforementioned bachanalia: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2869

You were had at the Carnal Playground? Sounds awesome.

[ZoeB]

Ok Tai, here's what you need to do; slip Claire a pot brownie, and chill her the fuck out. You'll be doing yourself, Claire, the De Beers Diamond Company, and the world at large a huge favor.

1: Drugging someone without their knowledge, let alone consent, is so uncool that it's not even funny to joke about.

Not to be a Debbie Downer.... it's been 30 years since I was at a party where someone spiked the non-alcoholic punch with a few tabs of acid. Not enough to cause much effect except to the 1% of us really susceptible to it.

Thinking about it... that might be why I've never been to a party since. Harmless pranks aren't always harmless. Sometimes they have permanent unintended effects.

Oh yes, I'm also allergic to Cannabis Sativa. So a hash brownie might send me to the ER, though I'd probably (literally) explosively toss my cookie before too much harm was done. Projectile vomiting can be a literal life saver.

It's not just a matter of respecting another person's bodily integrity, when it comes to ingesting chemical substances, there's a reason why dentists etc ask if you have any allergies, or have had drug X before. When I was in a resus ward about a year ago, they asked if I'd had morphine before. I hadn't, but codeine phosphate, and pethidine (Demerol) are fine. To be safe, they gave me a small dose of morphine first rather than the usual amount given initially to seriously burnt victims.

My blood pressure halved in a few seconds, alarms everywhere. Only lasted a few minutes, but they were ready to call the crash cart. Another one on the list of "stuff that affects me more than most". Funny what a difference a few minor changes to chemical structure can make. Actually, it was really interesting watching the monitor, seeing my BP level nosedive while heart rhythm slowed. Took my mind off the pain, and by taking note of other symptoms, I figured out I was metabolising the stuff fast, half life not 120 mins, more like 10. But I digress.

So anyway - not funny, not cool, no joke, and while you have to be really unlucky YOU COULD KILL SOMEONE.

[Kugai]

Vodka's better.

[Emperor Norton]

You know, I don't know what kind of workplaces you guys have been in, but honestly, she needs to loosen up some, not because she can't relax, because outside of work she can, but because she shows strong signs of having a mental breakdown if she really flips out every time someone she works with isn't super serious about every aspect of their work. Part of being a professional is also being able to deal with a wide variety of personalities and coworkers. She shows zero signs of being able to handle that the moment it comes to anything that affects her.

[Thrillho]

You know, I don't know what kind of workplaces you guys have been in, but honestly, she needs to loosen up some, not because she can't relax, because outside of work she can, but because she shows strong signs of having a mental breakdown if she really flips out every time someone she works with isn't super serious about every aspect of their work. Part of being a professional is also being able to deal with a wide variety of personalities and coworkers. She shows zero signs of being able to handle that the moment it comes to anything that affects her.

I work in workplaces where people don't get high at work, and where everyone is furious about the lack of real job evaluations or ability to progress. I don't think she's being unreasonable.

It's not like she's just not bothering to do some minor admin, an evaluation is something she needs. Anyway, most of the reactions were before Tai said she was going to do it properly later.

[Neko_Ali]

I'll also point out that this is not just a job for Claire. This is the evaluation for her months-long school internship for her classes. Essentially this is her grade for the semester that Tai is mucking about with. The grade for a course she needs for the career she has chosen as her life's work, not to see whether or not she gets that twenty five cent an hour raise.

[Emperor Norton]

I'll also point out that this is not just a job for Claire. This is the evaluation for her months-long school internship for her classes. Essentially this is her grade for the semester that Tai is mucking about with. The grade for a course she needs for the career she has chosen as her life's work, not to see whether or not she gets that twenty five cent an hour raise.

The annoyance over that isn't what I'm complaining about, its the "EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE" flip out over the fact that her advisor sells her boss weed. Was she a good advisor before she learned this information? If yes, then she is just as good of an advisor after she learned that information.4

EDIT: Even on the first part, calmly responding how important it is instead of getting that angry that fast is a more professional response. Everyone comments on how she is trying to be professional, but the truth is, she isn't professional either. She is just super serious and passionate about her work, and overreacts when anyone else isn't. That isn't professionalism.

[Omega Entity]

I saw it as her lamenting that no one (at least, those who have power over her future - her boss, and her adviser) seems to take what she's doing seriously. So, it's frustration of the lack of professionalism overall, I think, and really not about the weed at all. It just happens to be that which gives Claire the impression that they don't seem to have a serious work ethic.

[Mr_Rose]

Or she's exercising her famously dry wit and hamming it up for effect.

[Is it cold in here?]

After all, others have over-dramatized.