# I don't quite get today's "Questionable Content" strip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967 "2010-04-13T17:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 82
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1621 "2015-01-22T21:28:16Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Doesn’t seem to be a very well written episode – Dora comes across as totally unsympathetic and mean which doesn’t make sense in the context of the strip – we haven’t had any sense of conflict “brewing” at the Coffee of Doom. Faye’s “insubordination and abuse of employees” has been played for a joke for years now. If Dora was bugged by that but hasn’t said anything by now, she’s a pretty rotten boss. Then again, it’s a damn coffee shop. I can’t quite figure out why the people in the strip are hanging around working at these marginal jobs instead of growing the f\*ck up and getting on with their lives. Angus is the only one who even seems to have the ghost of a plan and the instant he implements it, Faye drops him. > > There does come a time when the lives and loves of 20-something slackers becomes fundamentally uninteresting. IIRC time compression is extreme in this webcomic. Years of our time seem to relate variously to weeks or maybe months of strip time. So slackers staying at jobs for years and years of our time might be just a few months of strip time. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1622 "2015-01-22T21:37:33Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Dora’s reaction doesn’t surprise me at all. She’s a business-owner, she can’t have drunk employees. Keep in mind the day before Dora was saying she had standards for her employees, she had Faye and Penelope [fighting](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1718)in the coffee shop. This shows the reality of the coffee shop rules. Regardless of whatever Dora might say, she’s tolerated all kinds of shit over the years. So for her to suddenly fire Faye over a fairly minor transgression is out of the blue. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1623 "2015-01-22T21:40:21Z")
I assume the firing will not be permanent - more of the traditional 2x4 over the head to get Faye to recognize her problem(s), get off her ample backside, and do something about them. As people above have noted, we haven’t seen her therapist in a while, and it may not be just because the strip has focused on other people for a while. (I actually was happy to see Faye an Angus break up, because I have been a longtime shipper of her and Sven. Of course, that was before Sven made an ass of himself a few months ago (our time)/days ago (story time).) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1624 "2015-01-22T22:05:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Keep in mind the day before Dora was saying she had standards for her employees, she had Faye and Penelope [fighting](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1718)in the coffee shop. That’s not quite how that reads in the strip. > [@](#): > > So for her to suddenly fire Faye over a fairly minor transgression is out of the blue. There is nothing about “being shitfaced and still drinking on the job” that is a “fairly minor transgression”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1625 "2015-01-23T12:03:52Z")
In an attempt to woo back readers who were completely bored with the Claire/Martin relationship, Jacques has dialed the drama up to 11 by giving Faye a drinking problem and getting her fired from the coffee shop. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1626 "2015-01-23T14:18:24Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > There is nothing about “being shitfaced and still drinking on the job” that is a “fairly minor transgression”. My thoughts exactly. Bad enough she stank of whiskey at the start of her shift, but to keep at it during work was more than enough of a tipping point, even for a fairly lenient boss. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1627 "2015-01-23T14:40:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > In an attempt to woo back readers who were completely bored with the Claire/Martin relationship, Jacques has dialed the drama up to 11 by giving Faye a drinking problem and getting her fired from the coffee shop. When I posted the above, _none_ of the posts after 12-16-14 were showing. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1628 "2015-01-23T15:10:25Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Then again, it’s a damn coffee shop. I can’t quite figure out why the people in the strip are hanging around working at these marginal jobs instead of growing the f\*ck up and getting on with their lives. Heh, that was my first thought when she got fired. “Oh no, where else will she find another minimum wage, minimum skill position?” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1629 "2015-01-23T15:55:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > When I posted the above, _none_ of the posts after 12-16-14 were showing. Go figure. Astro started a separate thread about the current development, which it seems has now been merged into this one by a mod. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1630 "2015-01-23T17:05:50Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > My thoughts exactly. Bad enough she stank of whiskey at the start of her shift, but to keep at it during work was more than enough of a tipping point, even for a fairly lenient boss. I think that would be more of a _tippling_ point… ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1631 "2015-01-26T03:33:51Z")
Well, what started at [980](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=980)has finally come [full circle](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2882) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1632 "2015-01-26T09:09:17Z")
Who’s throwing the right cross? ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1633 "2015-01-26T09:13:21Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Who’s throwing the right cross? That would be Faye. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1634 "2015-01-26T11:06:57Z")
Well, that got dark quickly… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1635 "2015-01-26T11:42:31Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > That would be Faye. Time traveling from a period when she was actually in a condition to throw a punch? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1636 "2015-01-26T11:50:42Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Time traveling from a period when she was actually in a condition to throw a punch? I think a skinny hamster could punch Marten out… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1637 "2015-01-26T13:24:12Z")
Poor Marten. He somehow always ends up paying for Faye’s mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1638 "2015-01-26T14:07:38Z")
This development would be slightly interesting if we didn’t already know exactly how it’s going to play out. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1639 "2015-01-26T14:11:40Z")
The beeps stop because Faye yanks the connection out of the machine (or off her skin) when she punches Marten. Don’t get too emotional, yet. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1640 "2015-01-26T14:16:24Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > This development would be slightly interesting if we didn’t already know exactly how it’s going to play out. They’ll try to make her go to rehab but she’ll say, “No, no, no”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=83)