Kat, although I don't know for sure, I figured it was because she was underage.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 6:54:25 pm PST #2853 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat - Feb 28, 2005 6:55:33 pm PST #2854 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
That's what I figured, but I was trying to figure out if that were true, if they would really do that.
Allyson - Feb 28, 2005 6:56:38 pm PST #2855 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
How is a hungry worker productive? Or not grouchy? Or at their best, mentally?
What kind of fucked up shit is that?
My grampa is rolling in his grave right now.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2005 6:59:10 pm PST #2856 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
How is a hungry worker productive? Or not grouchy? Or at their best, mentally?
Or, say, *healthy*??? What if you have workers who are diabetic/pregnant/some other illness, who must eat every few hours or else they, y'know, fall into a COMA?
Allyson - Feb 28, 2005 7:01:00 pm PST #2857 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Maybe they'll declare hunger a disability and make lunch a reasonable accomodation.
Hil R. - Feb 28, 2005 7:05:35 pm PST #2858 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
J&B: At my university, the health center had signs up at every desk where you might possibly fill out a form or pay anything, saying that everything was confidential, but that, if you didn't want your parents to find out that you were at the health center, don't pay with their credit card and don't use their insurance. I think that, on the show, they said that they called because she was underage, but it seems to make more sense to me that he'd find out because she's on his insurance policy.
sumi - Feb 28, 2005 7:05:49 pm PST #2859 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
ON J&B: I thought that the fact that she is the president's daughter kind swayed the healthworker's decision -- because didn't she promise confidentiality before she found out who Courtney was ?
Daisy Jane - Feb 28, 2005 7:20:47 pm PST #2860 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
On J&B: He said the doctor or nurse or whatever told him, which is a huuuuuuge no no. I would imagine the speculation that it was because it was the president's daughter, is correct. If something went wrong, it could affect the clinic's funding. Horribly horribly unethical though.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 7:25:18 pm PST #2861 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
J&B: So it is legal for a minor to seek medical assistance without guardians discovering? I'm a little surprised.
Burrell - Feb 28, 2005 7:32:49 pm PST #2862 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Angel St. James
That's a goodie.
I'd be Tinkerbell Greenfield.
Allyson, I think the idea isn't denying workers lunch, it's trying to get out of paying the worker for time spent on lunch break. Which is still cheesy and wrong in my book.