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Ch19 P39

by Gina Biggs on January 19, 2021 at 4:40 pm
Chapter: Chapter 19
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  1. Diane
    January 19, 2021, 4:46 pm | # | Reply

    In all honesty, you’re making yourself out to be my initial reaction to you: A manipulative demon that only cares about how much a person can do for you, and nothing else. If you’re insulted to your face, what do you expect someone to do, smile and nod? Jerk. (I want to fill this with so many swears, you have no idea the amount of restraint I put into this post…)

    • Alexander Leaking Pen Hollins
      January 19, 2021, 8:55 pm | # | Reply

      So, every middle manager ever?

      • Diane
        January 21, 2021, 10:33 am | # | Reply

        I mean, that’s kinda what he is. He’s not the head boss, but his is boss of a department.

    • Cimorene
      January 22, 2021, 3:05 pm | # | Reply

      At this point, I can only hope that one of the higher up bosses comes in to reprimand him for the terrible f-ing mismanagement he is doing and definitively tell off his inappropriate behavior. Let’s not forget sir, your own role in causing all this mayhem. You should be apologizing for leading Abeille’s mother to them when it was clearly the wrong call. It could have been an understandable mistake, but not if you don’t take responsibility for it. F- appeasing harassers, f- protecting bullies. There is no right to demean people. He is in the wrong and Abeille deserves better than this abusive bull. I think I’m going to have to take a break from reading the comment section here, because the amount of people trying to justify abuse and mismanagement of power is aggravating -.- Though I do appreciate the many people in the comment section who are recognizing it as what it is.

      • Cimorene
        January 22, 2021, 6:11 pm | # | Reply

        Oop, I meant to write this comment separately on it’s own not as a reply. Must have misclicked or something.

      • Kendall
        January 23, 2021, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

        I don’t want Abeille to be hurt. I don’t really want Acier, or even the obnoxious guy to be hurt. Everyone has done something wrong. I would like bad things to stop happening. Whatever is going to make that more likely, I am in favor of.

      • Lily
        January 26, 2021, 12:37 am | # | Reply

        Tbh my initial reaction was: you’ve misspelled harassers and bullies, it’s spelled abusers. Abielle’s mom gives me such strong vibes of my own abusive mother that if not for this comic updating twice a week I would have had to stop reading for a while. Let your daughter be her own person and stop trying to control her entire life, lady! Go get some therapy for herself so you can ACTUALLY support our fave girl!

    • Violet
      January 22, 2021, 4:34 pm | # | Reply

      I get why everyone’s judging him harshly. I mean:
      -We empathize with Abeille much more than him, and we know exactly what she’s been through
      -A lot of us (myself included) have had terrible experiences with managers
      -We don’t consider touching in public to be deviant in the first place

      I could be wrong, but to me, this really seems like someone who’s first and foremost frustrated with an employee’s behavior. I mean, I’d be frustrated with Abeille here too, tbh – it’s pretty reasonable to expect an adult to not behave sexually at office functions and respond more maturely to rumors and gossip. There’s ways to stand up for yourself that don’t involve straight-up assault.

      So yeah, “manipulative demon” seems, uh. Kind of harsh.

      • APW
        January 25, 2021, 4:26 am | # | Reply

        ^that. The poor guy is just trying to keep things civilised in his department.

  2. Jac
    January 19, 2021, 4:57 pm | # | Reply

    Yeah, humiliation time!

  3. Spooky
    January 19, 2021, 5:02 pm | # | Reply

    I like that he’s trying to be understanding but I don’t like how he phrased the ‘sexually deviant behavior in public’ part, it sounds like he’s singling her out even though he knows Miel was equally responsible. I just hope whoever’s coming into the office isn’t her parents, oof…

    • Mololololol
      January 21, 2021, 11:18 am | # | Reply

      Completely, yes. I think it’s really telling that he’s singling out Abeille for the “sexually deviant behavior” at a work-sponsored event in that he’s considering that a major strike against ONLY her; he dressed down Miel for it as well, but Acer is much more understanding of Miel than he is of Abeille because he LIKES Miel (either platonically or romantically, it doesn’t actually matter here). That’s not great people management, Acer.

  4. Rose
    January 19, 2021, 5:11 pm | # | Reply

    Maybe GIVE HER SOME BREAK TIME?
    These “tendencies” are not of her making – it’s other people harrasing her.

    • Z
      January 20, 2021, 12:58 am | # | Reply

      What she did with miel wasn’t due to harassment.

      Physically dumping something on a person – look I get she had a bad day and he was the 100th person to do it, but objectively speakinghe didn’t do anything to warrant physical retaliation.

      It’s not like she had been speaking to everyone and telling them to stop it- her first actual response was physically acting out.

      That’s a major red flag in an employee no matter what.

      • Jac
        January 20, 2021, 5:22 pm | # | Reply

        It’s a major red flag in a manager to not have a serious discussion with your employees about harassment.

        • clg
          January 21, 2021, 3:05 am | # | Reply

          we do not know what else is occurring. One can do both.

          • Jac
            January 21, 2021, 1:58 pm | #

            That’s a good point, tbh.

          • Jac
            January 21, 2021, 2:03 pm | #

            I guess I’m just also pained that he hasn’t bothered to ask if she’s *alright*, especially given that aside from the last few days she’s been a stellar employee, and that he knows about her mother’s whole… deal. He doesn’t even recognize her previous track record here, just that another employee he personally likes vouches for her. It really rubs me the wrong way.

          • Kendall
            January 21, 2021, 5:13 pm | #

            Acier does seem to be being pretty hard on Abeille and asking her if she is alright would be a normal thing for someone to do. Caring about someone isn’t endorsing their behavior.

            Abeille putting food on her workmate, how that guy acted, how Abeille is being treated in general are all independent. Punishment doesn’t resolve things, in and of itself.

        • Polar
          January 23, 2021, 7:07 pm | # | Reply

          This is day 1 of her back at work though? How is he supposed to know what to do if it only just started? Plus, in many occasions, having a discussion about something to all the employees would only make it far worse. Plus, in their society, what she did was very sexual and taboo. Yes, those people are terrible for what they’re saying to her, but if you do something that is widely accepted as taboo, sexual, and offensive, then if you get caught doing it you should know there will be consequences. I’m not saying you deserve those consequences, I think she should have just been reprimanded the same way Meil was, but you can’t say it wasn’t expected. I just read your other comment about asking if she’s alright, and that’s a very good point-first and foremost you make sure if they’re ok and get a full idea of everything that happened. But this is a job and, whether fair or not, if you have a violent outburst at work, unless it’s in self defense, you’re the one in trouble. Doesn’t matter how bad of a day that you’ve had, employers usually don’t care about that. Honestly it could have been much, much worse-if the guy had fought back, either her of both of them would have been fired, most likely, and it doesn’t even seem like he’s going to punish her-he’s just tired of dealing with a scandal, and now this.

      • Mololololol
        January 21, 2021, 11:36 am | # | Reply

        “That’s a major red flag in an employee no matter what.”

        I agree, but what’s missing from Acer’s reaction / threat of firing is that Abeille is that her record as an employee so far has been exemplary. She was highly praised by her manager, was transferred into a new department because of her hard work and positive attitude, and hasn’t had ANY issues until now. I agree that these two events (sexual behavior at a work-sponsored event and this violent outburst) are bad enough that she might need to be put on probation, but her otherwise spotless record is being completely ignored by Acer.

        Also, just saying… these two events happened SO CLOSE TOGETHER that I’d expect Acer to have enough empathy to realize that they are directly connected; no doubt, he’s heard other employees joking about the sexual event, and it’s not a huge stretch of to realize that “this inappropriate thing that Abeille AND Miel did is now leading to bullying by other employees.” Also, he saw Abeille’s mother OPENLY SCREAM AT HER, so he is aware that she might be dealing with some abuse/harassment from her family.

        A reasonable response from Acer would be to:
        – Give Abeille an opportunity to tell her side of things
        – Reprimand her for the things that violate company policy (sexual stuff at company events, low-grade assault on another employee)
        – Put her on probation and (possibly) temporary leave to give everyone some breathing space and give her a path to redeeming herself

        I mean, consider what Acer did when Miel’s rash actions during the Hurricane left many specimens damaged/destroyed, or when Ivy violated policy when the pearapricot (sp?) was found with bugs on it and her rash actions resulted in her injury. In both cases, the employees were reprimanded, put on temporary probation, and then allowed to return to their regular jobs. While Abeille’s violent outburst is more serious, no one was hurt, and it’s really her first on-the-job offense (I don’t count the sexual stuff here because in this society, sexual contact is frequent and casual; I’d be surprised if sexual actions haven’t happened at company-sponsored events before, especially with alcohol present).

        • Elizabeth
          January 22, 2021, 1:28 pm | # | Reply

          What you are forgetting is that Abellie is a lower tier worker. She was kitchen staff and Ivy & Miel are specialists. We have already seen how the specialists look down on the Kitchen staff and other general workers. This classism is not only part of the company culture, but seems to be part of the human culture as well. Adding on the fact that she is a sexual deviant, and is a recent immigrant I can see how Acer would believe that she is the cause of the current issues and will be the cause of future ones. You could give him props for understanding that her mother caused the situation to be worse, but all that seems to have done is make him believe that things would be better if Abeille just leaves the planet. Then things will go back to the status quo and be comfortable again. I’ve dealt with managers like this before and it is interesting to see how far down the rabbit hole the logic goes.

  5. Seregiel
    January 19, 2021, 7:09 pm | # | Reply

    This is why you ask for a recount of events before you start the dressing down. You dont judge a story only by the ending… unless its GoT, according to the internet.

  6. Amy
    January 19, 2021, 7:16 pm | # | Reply

    This always drove me bonkers growing up. Bearing the blame when everyone is picking and picking and picking (really verbally harassing), and when you finally stand up for yourself, you’re the one that gets into trouble. It’s almost as bad as this one phrase that I won’t to burn with the fire of a thousand suns: “I’m going to make an example of you.”

    • Z
      January 20, 2021, 1:01 am | # | Reply

      https://lovenotfound.com/comic/ch19-p28/

      She lashed a tray at someone! Laws of physics say that he would likely have been smacked by at least one of those containers.

      She didn’t even just grab her cupand upturn it while holding it- she lashed a full friggin tray at someone!

      That isn’t standing up for yourself, it’s at best toddler bullshit and at worse assault.

      She never verbally told anyone to stop it.

      Yes you make a goddamn example of a person whose first action is physically violent!

      • Jae
        January 20, 2021, 11:30 am | # | Reply

        No.

        Her first action was to attempt to ignore it. Do you know how I can tell that you haven’t dealt with the level of harassment and bullying depicted in that scene?

        Because you didn’t see the fuse.

        Her first action was to *ignore* it. To not respond. To be ‘better’.

        Only when someone obviously said it where she could here it, passive-aggressively directing it *at* her, did she respond, and as someone who has been in her shoes, good for her.

        • Rose
          January 20, 2021, 5:15 pm | # | Reply

          That’s why telling kids to “just ignore it” and “be the bigger person” will end with them hurting someone. Others… or themselves.

      • Diane
        January 21, 2021, 10:39 am | # | Reply

        She’s being harassed by almost the entire staff and you want to blame her for being unable to handle it when no one else would? May I never work under you, you would be a horrible person to work for.

    • Kendall
      January 20, 2021, 4:15 pm | # | Reply

      I relate. Abeille’s action is not wise or productive. She hurt herself. But, that doesn’t change the fact that she is so kind in general and the people who treat her poorly include this obnoxious guy and SHE is the one who is punished. Acier punishing her, is understandable. The guy getting consequences for being a dick, is satisfying, briefly.

      For me, I think I bring this sort of thing on myself by not being assertive about personal boundaries. But, the issue is not just my treatment. Someone like Abeille, should be respected. What I’ve always seen is someone like Abeille doesn’t want to be speaking for others, so she talks about herself and describes the scenario as being like people owe her something. This leads people to interpret the remark as the person like Abeille being arrogant.

      In Phuket Thailand, there was a tsunami and near by American military people didn’t help as I would think they should have (I’m just using this as an illustration). Thais that I heard, expressed a Buddhist ideal that no one is deserving. I think this is the disconnect.

      It’s not the person like Abeille who demands special treatment. We as a society should treat people like Abeille fairly. Similarly, Thais in a different scenario would be expressing an obligation to help people who have suffered. It’s not enabling victims’ selfishness, to help them. When you are the one that is suffering, you are not being selfish to insist on being treated with respect.

      Ultimately, no one deserves anything. We have an obligation to have respect for people, based on physics, the concept. We, includes each of us. In my opinion…

  7. Wren
    January 20, 2021, 2:22 am | # | Reply

    Gotta admit, he’s being about as understanding and considerate as a boss can be expected to be in this kind of scenario.

    Here’s hoping whoever’s calling is going to do her some good.

    • k-chan
      January 20, 2021, 10:43 am | # | Reply

      Agreed – as he said, “My first response would be to fire you” but he is actually trying to give her some benefit of the doubt. I do think chucking a tray at someone was overreacting – if she’d yelled at the dude, it still would have put the spotlight on him. I understand, I do, because it feels like people are ganging up on her from all sides and the survival brain goes ‘under attack, must retaliate’.

      I still don’t understand how something that is considered “childish” is coded “sexually deviant”. Then again once I hit 30, I stopped caring as much how I look with cutesy and colorful stuff.

    • Diane
      January 21, 2021, 10:32 am | # | Reply

      I don’t see him as being understanding. He looks like he’s so sick of everything happening from this incident with her Karen mom that he wants to blame/punish someone. And since he likes Miel, and has no control of her mom, Abi is it.

      • David
        January 21, 2021, 7:12 pm | # | Reply

        He is not interested in punishing anybody. He is interested in getting rid of a growing problem. It doesn’t even matter whose fault it is. Remember his temper tantrum alone in the office? This is becoming worse while he is watching on, and it doesn’t improve his mood that possibly effective remedies are unfair.

        • Diane
          January 22, 2021, 7:59 am | # | Reply

          And yet he aims for Abeille only, and not Miel. If that’s not biased on who he wants to get rid of, I don’t know what is? Remember how he made her go away for a week to foster because he thought she was getting in the way of Miel’s job? He’s more than happy to blame her, with his 0 understanding towards her, but barely blames Miel. He doesn’t call him a sexual deviant, he just questions why he’d do something like that in public. Even if he doesn’t straight out say it, he regards her as a lesser person, and thinks she’s trash, and his actions continue to prove it.

          • David
            January 24, 2021, 7:51 am | #

            Are we reading the same comic even? He gave Miel hell as well, and Miel has not dumped food on coworkers. And what point would there be in “aiming” at someone who is not in the room? Obviously he is telling the person in front of him at a given time stuff concerning the person in front of him.

          • Diane
            January 25, 2021, 3:59 pm | #

            What do you consider “hell”? Because yeah, now I ask if you are reading the same comic too. He asked him what the hell he was thinking, but didn’t even imply he was going to fire him, but was insisting he had to take the promotion to get away from all this. Stop making excuses for a person who is clearly treating two people in the same situation differently because one he likes, and one he doesn’t like.

    • Jac
      January 21, 2021, 1:57 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe it’ll be Doucheface McLunchhair coming to apologize for being a thoughtless twit. Maybe.

  8. David
    January 20, 2021, 5:25 am | # | Reply

    Best case scenario: “My food-covered coworker here insisted on apologising to Ms Abeille right now.” Not holding my breath, I’ll admit…

  9. JW
    January 20, 2021, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

    Yes, this.
    I wish he’d handled it that way.

  10. QueenSalis
    January 20, 2021, 5:19 pm | # | Reply

    It could be Botan or Clove, or both

    • Njenje
      January 21, 2021, 10:55 am | # | Reply

      Huh, that would be nice and brave of them, though I doubt it would change much for Abeille.

      My first guess was her mom, looking for her and/or Miel or trying to get Miel fired or something. We do know that Amaryllis and Ancier talked after the tent incident, but we never got to see what they said.

      • Eva
        January 21, 2021, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

        Having someone stick up for her would probably make her feel a heck of a lot better though.

  11. Anonymous Badger
    January 20, 2021, 9:59 pm | # | Reply

    I hope^W think it’s the cavalry, come to speak on Abeille’s behalf. Although which cavalry, I don’t know. Maybe the lunchmate of the jerk?

    The one thing that I find really triggering from Mr Acier in this scene…. “In all honesty, I’m having a hard time believing that.”….. How does someone reply to that? It’s a short way of saying, You have to convince me and just so you know, nothing you can say is likely to convince me anyway. Why don’t you try making yourself feel vulnerable by explaining yourself so I can be unsympathetic? Or why don’t you try grovelling so that I can laugh at you humiliating yourself?

    Not to say that I can’t imagine a good person saying those words, but if you stop to think about what happens when you say them, it doesn’t feel like they lead to a helpful resolution at all.

    • Rose
      January 21, 2021, 4:06 pm | # | Reply

      In truth… Abeille is promising something she CAN’T PROMISE.
      She’s just doing it reflexivly instead of actually evaluating if she can keep her word.
      It’s a obnoxiously common habit and I DON’T BLAME HER.
      But I hate that it’s EXPECTED of her to promise that.

      We should all refuse to promise impossible things

    • Kendall
      January 21, 2021, 6:48 pm | # | Reply

      It is an insensitive thing to say. In particular, coming from someone who is positioned as superior. It seems like he is laying his thought process out before her, though. He’s sharing how he feels rather than just condemning her.

      I still hope Mr. Acier has no sinister agenda. Seeing him with Frelon and Flore gave me a better impression of him. Also, his being sweet to Miel. Maybe he is being rough with Abeille because he is jealous, not necessarily romantically jealous.

      • Diane
        January 22, 2021, 2:56 pm | # | Reply

        It truly would be nice if Mr. Acier is just a stressed boss and doesn’t want to be mean. But honestly, it’s really hard to hold onto that hope seeing how he’s been acting. Just gotta keep biting our nails, I suppose. It just feels like Abeille doesn’t need another villain, she’s got her mom, and yeesh, she’s more than enough, since she serves as a villain for her and Miel.

  12. Rich
    January 21, 2021, 7:48 am | # | Reply

    “Sexually deviant behavior” Even allowing for the dubious spokesperson here, this culture has steadily become creepier and more hypocritical over time.

  13. Tiffany
    January 23, 2021, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    I hope to high heaven that’s Ivy or Miel coming into the room. Or someone who will help out here.

    • Diane
      January 25, 2021, 4:04 pm | # | Reply

      I personally want it to be Botan. He’s non-objective compared to Ivy or Miel. Ivy’s her friend, Miel’s her boyfriend, but Botan is her boss. They do playfully tease each other about their partners, but they don’t seem to be close outside of work friends, just work friends, where one happens to be the boss.

  14. Sophie
    January 25, 2021, 7:53 am | # | Reply

    Who filmed the video, is what I’m wondering. Is it Acier? Abeille’s mum?

    • Gina Biggs
      January 25, 2021, 1:16 pm | # | Reply

      There were Garden Party attendee folks recording on their phones in the BG after Mom screamed and started causing a scene. ^_^

  15. Katel
    January 26, 2021, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    For everyone saying he is picking on Abeille, he is, for a very selfish reason. He wants Miel to go with him to the second city. Abeille is what is likely stopping Miel. Crack down on her, make her quit, suddenly Miel is free to go to the second city. If he fired her, Miel would know, and might refuse to go. If she quits, it’s not Acier’s fault, so Miel will go, probably with the condition that he is allowed to bring Abeille.

    It’s not right, it would just be better and simpler to ask Abeille to come too, but I can see why Acier would think this would work better. Afterall, her mother could probably pressure her to go back home if she loses her job.

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