May was just saying that for the sake of discretion. The real reason that she turned down April is that, unbeknownst to April, all three of the young ladies are sisters. But she knew that that would be too much of a shock for April to learn, given that she somehow managed not to figure it out on her own.
No, April is not two faces (what were the two faces anyway?) but I wouldn’t trust May further than I could sling her. Clearly August understood his daughter’s discretion and did not pry. Being discrete is not two faced. And I don’t like snitches.
“You’ll pay for that one, Superman. Oh, how your pay.”
It means “needle-dicked.”
Oh my fucking God … I DID NOT mean to call you that … I don’t know what I was thinking … please change my vote to a #4, a side of french-fries and a beer … I picked a bad week to give up anti-depressants …
Done.
Why does the restaurant manager not get a come-to-Jesus talk about the fact that he’s supposed to be managing his staff, too? August has certainly been given reliable intelligence suggesting that one is in order; he should at least have investigated how badly it’s needed.
April’s reluctance to wield her father’s power at a distance from behind the scenes does her credit. Also, unfailing civility should always be applauded, but the recipient (June) has no plausible expectation of interpreting that as anything beyond April being unfailingly civil to her. In fact, if June doesn’t contrast April’s demeanor toward her with her more relaxed and informal manner with the rest of the staff, she’s disturbingly unobservant.
May had quite a long time to express her feelings of discontent about April’s approach to the June problem before the date invitation. That she waited until Skaldithetical Day to do so (and that she had a polemic all worked up and ready to go) doesn’t speak well for her motivations or her potential as a lover. Although, I suppose she deserves some credit for keeping April’s secret during April’s tenure at the beanery. I do wonder if her discretion will hold once April has truly gone.
The only criticism that can be leveled against April is the mild one that she shouldn’t have participated in the let’s-gripe-about-June-behind-her-back sessions. But, come on, she’s only human; she’s entitled to a minor flaw.
In addition to the one about her not-being-straight thing, of course. But she’s going to burn in Hell for that one, so we can overlook it in the grand scheme of things…
Those smilies were a winky, a sticking out the tongue, and a big green grin, in that order.
Wait, is August April’s dad as in biological father or sugar daddy?
Is there some kind of sexual identity issue at play here? There’s so many new labels these days and it’s hard to keep up.
April’s mother got knocked up about 21 years ago and ghosted August (the father). She also refused to give April any information about her parentage (paternal-wise). This much we are told in the OP.
tl:dr August is April’s biological father. I couldn’t begin to speculate about how she tracked him down (I could come up with a pretty good hypothesis on him tracking her down, but we’re told that didn’t happen. Such is life).
He is her biological father, only recently acknowledged.
May is a judgemental bitch, probably because April didn’t do what May wanted her to do. This would be in keeping with behavior I’ve commonly seen in people this age.
April is not two-faced; she’s a well adjusted human being. People who don’t know enough to keep at least some of their feelings about classmates and coworkers themselves aren’t popular or appreciated for their brave honesty.
A little two-faced, I guess? Not seriously so, but I can completely understand May’s lack of trust in April. May is a straightforward and forthright person. April is willing to talk badly about June behind her back but be nice to her to her face, while May isn’t shy about saying what she thinks, and it hasn’t gotten her fired, so it’s not as though saying what she thinks turns out poorly for her in her job at this point, at least. April could easily have been equally forthright about her dislike for June without consequences and without having to rely on her father being the owner to keep her from experiencing those consequences. Additionally, by never saying anything to anyone but May about her dislike for June, it means she’s leaving May out there on her own instead of backing her up. She’s unwilling to take a social risk to stand up alongside someone she cares about, about a topic she one hundred percent agrees on, instead leaving May to appear unsupported in her complaining about June. If I’m looking at or considering a serious relationship, and not just a fling, I’d want it to be with someone willing to stand up beside me in tough situations, even if it makes us unpopular. I imagine May is, too.
Further, her behavior of being nice to the person she dislikes and not being straightforward with her about seeing her behavior as a problem suggests that if April ever had a problem with May, she’d be sweet to her face and not say anything. I can certainly see why May wouldn’t want to get involved with her on a deeper level than friendship.
May is, however, being unreasonable about April keeping her relationship with August a secret. There’s no expectation of going around telling your co-workers all about your family, there’s no reason she should have mentioned that relationship to anyone at all, so not mentioning it isn’t being two-faced, it’s just wanting to keep that private.
Finally, May is right, I think, about her allowing June to go on making things worse and making the others miserable by her behavior. I can understand April’s point of view and the principles that led her to make the decision she made, but I don’t agree with them. May clearly seems to be of a similar opinion as me about this: if something is wrong, say something, do something about it. She may not be popular with that opinion, but she’s more right than April, I think. Just because telling her father about June would be using influence that no one else has doesn’t mean it’s wrong to do so. April is responsible for not abusing the power she has in her relationship with August and how he will listen to her and do things for her, but using it when it’s the right thing to do is not wrong, and while April isn’t obligated to use it, I agree with May that she should have.
While neither April nor May is really very much of a bad person or a jerk or an asshole, in my opinion, they definitely have opposed points of view that would make a relationship difficult, and May is making the right choice to pass on one with April.
She IS two-faced. She DIDN’T keep her feelings to herself, she said them to May. Talking about coworkers behind their back, acting nice to them to their face and hating them to other coworkers is the definition of two-faced.
Don’t talk about coworkers behind their back.
The devils are in the details and we don’t know enough to say.
August’s suggestion was to keep unfailingly civil without going beyond that. That can be tough for many people, let alone 20 year-olds in one of their first jobs.
May is much more direct and may see any sort of civility as being “sickeningly sweet.” Again, I’d say youth may play a factor in her fire, although I’ve run into enough assholes of all ages who can’t seem to understand that outright hostility isn’t required 24/7.
Likewise, how much did April actively participate in the grip sessions? Was it May getting all pissed off and April agreeing that June’s actions were annoying or was April an equally willing participant in things such as mocking June behind her back?
Everybody is ignoring the bigger issue here.
Like isn’t kind of creepy that **August ** hires only employees with calendar names like his.
But even more alarming - What are the odds that he would father a child unknown to him who would ALSO have a calendar name?