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.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
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
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.
P.M. Marc - Feb 28, 2005 7:35:50 pm PST #2863 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
You in California get paid for the lunch break? We don't. Employers are required to allow a half-hour unpaid break for the employee to eat, but that's all.
Kat - Feb 28, 2005 7:35:54 pm PST #2864 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh, catching up on J&B. Jesus, the disappointment that Marcus's dad shows and feels. And knowing that Marcus did it, leaving Jack behind to protect Jack. Way more heartbreaking than Grace and Tom.
DavidS - Feb 28, 2005 7:39:06 pm PST #2865 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You in California get paid for the lunch break?
No, not generally. Though it was common in Boston when I worked there in the 80s.
Burrell - Feb 28, 2005 7:40:58 pm PST #2866 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I was thinking of non-hourly workers, Plei. Although yeah, now that I think of it, at several jobs that only gave me 1/2 for lunch, I was paid for it. If I wanted an hour, I wasn't paid for the second 1/2 hour.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 7:44:08 pm PST #2867 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat -- I don't find the Grace and Tom upsetting at all, because they were way too stupid to keep my sympathy.