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WCDT strips 4211 to 4215 (2nd to 6th March 2020)
Tova:
I'm going to buck the trend and move into my own place. I don't care what it costs.
BenRG:
It's a weird kind of melancholy, isn't it? Yes, you're relieved to be out of a position for which you were ill-suited and, honestly, made you miserable anyway. However, it still hurts a bit to have to acknowledge to yourself that you were simply not good enough for that particular job. Beepatrice is definitely experiencing those mixed feelings today. In her case, the degree to which it is preying on her mind is demonstrated by the fact that she forgot to introduce herself; she just wandered over to the window and started monologuing!
I'm thinking about Brun's words in the last panel. I'm not sure that her question is negative but, rather, that it may be hopeful. Just how many new people are going to wander in and what strange new things is she going to see? To be a good bartender one must, after all, have a high tolerance for new and strange people and, indeed, to enjoy people-watching.
Meanwhile, Millifeulle's reaction suggests that Beepatrice has made her slightly embarrassed of her species!
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 02 Mar 2020, 21:30 ---Penney and Will? Like Steve and Cosette, stable but less accident-prone. And Will's working evenings, so it would be quiet...
Or how about Sara and the velociraptor?
...naaah, probably not all that quiet.
--- End quote ---
Are you suggesting Sarah did a 'Tammy and the T-rex'? And is the Allosaurus an A.I.?
[I only know about that movie thanks to the .gif set going around tumblr at the moment.]
Wingy:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Mar 2020, 23:10 ---It's a weird kind of melancholy, isn't it? Yes, you're relieved to be out of a position for which you were ill-suited and, honestly, made you miserable anyway. However, it still hurts a bit to have to acknowledge to yourself that you were simply not good enough for that particular job.
--- End quote ---
Having made just such a transition recently, well writ. Plus I got to watch my replacement, as I just shifted laterally, do the job better and then get the promotion I was angling for, which brings it's own level of angst on top of the whole situation. Realistically I would have been even more miserable in that job now that I've had time to reflect, but giving up that misplaced priority brings its own level of angst on top of everything already mentioned.
However, I'm personally at a better place now, which is its own reward in many ways. Plus I got to avoid a lot of work I didn't want to do that my successor did just fine with. Which also brings its own level of self-animus...
Roborat:
Why do I get the feeling this story line is going to turn into a parody of the cabin scene in "A Night at the Opera"?
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