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WCDT 4391-4395 (Nov 9th -13th, 2020)

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awkwardness:

--- Quote from: Baz_Yat on 12 Nov 2020, 18:07 ---Progress from May. I remember when a faux pas like that would have earned an insult, rather than a terse "Phrasing."

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...with double progress in that she seems to realize that it's right alongside not going for the insult/snarky comeback.

jesslc:

--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 12 Nov 2020, 20:13 ---On an unrelated note...

I've never worked any place that had a uniform. Is it common to make you pay for your own uniform? Granted, it has to fit you, but it's not like it's clothing that usable outside of work.

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From my experience (in Australia):

Typically you'd be issued a uniform when you started (or 2 or 3 depending on how often they were expecting you to work). If you needed more uniforms after that because - for example - you ruined it, it wore out, you changed sizes, or you simply didn't want to have to do laundry every second day, then they would take the cost of the new/extra uniforms out of your pay (spread over a couple of fortnights). Generally I remember being told this up front when they gave out your first uniform - presumably the intent was to motivate people to take good care of their uniform. And keep in mind too that these were the sort of places that would typically get a lot of teens in their first job as employees - eg fast food, restaurant chains, supermarkets, etc

At the public libraries I worked for things were different. Staff were required to wear clothes with the government/library's logo on it. It wasn't quite a uniform (at least not in the typical sense) because there was a whole catalogue of clothes with the logo that you could choose from. In these workplaces, you were issued some clothes when you started but after that you'd get a certain allowance per financial year for getting more/new work clothes from the catalogue.

Tova:
I'm not the boss of y'all, but really, I think it is neither necessary nor desirable to drag up that Marten/Faye incident yet again in order to evaluate a relationship between two entirely different characters (tenuous parallels and Jeph's tendency to recycle notwithstanding).

I do have a couple of related observations though.

It's a bit early to declare Dan as being free of 'issues.'

Right now, we are aware of Renee's issues and not Dan's because Renee is a member of the main cast, whereas Dan should be considered as still being supporting cast, at least for now. Maybe he will join the main cast, who knows. We would learn more about him then.

BenRG:
I'm pretty sure that May's employer has wanted to be rid of her for a while; it might be due to that stunt Roko pulled where she threatened to expose him if he didn't cooperate with her, even though she didn't know for sure he'd done anything. However, I've still gotta say that this is super petty. Even if they have to go to an outsize clothing shop for May's new uniform, the cost is unlikely to top $100 for multiple purchases.

Still, this does raise a good point. Up to now, May's focus has been surviving her defective chassis. Suddenly, her repair budget is smaller and she can think of pursuing her dreams. The problem is, of course, that she's never really had a dream beyond 'being well' and she's suddenly in the position where that's resolved. It must be very like a rebirth for her in terms of her perceptions and thoughts about the future.

I'd really like to know the story of how/why Marigold got that tee-shirt. She's never been particularly flirty so I'm betting that there was a huge dare in play here. I'm officially blaming Angus.

I want May to buy Bubbles a tee shirt reading "Yes, I am a Valkyrie. What of it?" and one for herself reading "And I'm her trainee!" Then hang-out together one lunchtime.

chris73:

--- Quote ---It doesn't look like he was pulling roughly, it looked more like he wouldn't take no for an answer and the only way to stop him was to physically knock him out. It wasn't the greatest thing to do, but it was also the only way to prevent him from doing something monumentally stupid while also having it hit home hard the next morning(pun fully intended)

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Lets see, options to use before knocking someone out when you arn't in physical danger (especially when its a friend)

1. Shouting (sometimes work)

2. Pushing him away (might work)

3. Punching him in the stomach (safer option compared to knocking someone out)

https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/injury/2018/what-happens-when-youre-knocked-unconscious-112018#:~:text=What%20are%20the%20long%20term,%2C%20weeks%2C%20or%20even%20longer.

What are the long term effects of being knocked unconscious?

'It depends on the severity of the injury. If you lose consciousness briefly, and suffer a concussion, 75 to 90 percent of people will fully recover in a few months. But severe damage to the brain can cause unconsciousness for days, weeks, or even longer. If there is internal bleeding or swelling in the brain, surgery may be necessary to relieve pressure on the brain. Severe injuries can also cause lasting effects that vary — including memory loss, paralysis, seizures, and lasting behavioral or cognitive changes — depending on the areas of the brain affected. But in those cases, unconsciousness is a symptom of the injury, not a cause of long term deficits.'

I don't know how accurate the above is but I do know of officers that have been one-punch knocked out and its taken them months to come back to work and even then they're not 100%

It might feel righteous, the female punching out the male, but if this was real life then Marten could be in quite a bit of pain and discomfort for the next few months simply because Faye didn't like what Marten was saying (and what he was saying while mean wasn't far off the truth either) and chose to knock him out

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