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TVFactFan · 03-30-2014, 06:26 PM

He knows that jan and marcia are sisters and decides to keep one and let go the other? I think it would have made more sense to let them both go and hire another person instead of coming in between two sisters like that.

He had to know that Marcia would feel some type of way but it worked out anyway since the guy marcia likes became available

BTW: I wonder if he would have hired Marcia back if Jan had resigned to save their relationship LOL

robyrob · 03-30-2014, 09:19 PM

why would you fire a good employee and have to worry about training a new employee? - it costs time and money to train someone, and you don't get rid of someone that is working out if you can help it,

i find it much less believable that a business owner would hire relatives - it almost guarantees drama.

Mr. Drucker · 03-31-2014, 11:15 AM

Despite the fact that Marcia got Jan the job in the first place,I think he kept Jan cause he wanted to nail her.There's a theory..................

cleverfun3000 · 03-31-2014, 07:14 PM

That's exactly what I was thinking.

mets82 · 04-01-2014, 04:52 PM

Why wouldnt you keep Marcia over Jan? Jan always seemed like a klutz and a goof

jehobden · 04-09-2014, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mets82

Why wouldnt you keep Marcia over Jan? Jan always seemed like a klutz and a goof

Apparently Haskell's Ice Cream shop was the only place where Jan ever excelled over Marcia. In this episode, or at least this job, Jan wasn't a klutz or a goof. Strangely enough in an episode shortly after this one, "Try Try Again", Jan is at her klutziest, and her esteem is at an all-time low, but the next episode, "Miss Popularity", has Jan at her snobbiest ever. This series wasn't great on character consistency at times.

brgmgb · 04-14-2014, 04:59 PM

If you look at it logically, he did not need to fire anyone. He hired Marcia and then Jan so that he could take some time off. He was OK paying two employees so that he could relax. Then he comes back after deciding he can't relax and he decides he can't afford to pay them both? He had two good workers. Why not keep them both? Even if he gave each of them half the hours, I doubt there is any difference in what they are paid. It isn't like he was offering benefits. They were part-time student employees.

I would have kept them both. Had both work some days, one work some days, and maybe split the day between them other days (for example, have Marcia work Saturday morning and Jan work Saturday afternoon).

Tweety · 04-16-2014, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by brgmgb

If you look at it logically, he did not need to fire anyone. He hired Marcia and then Jan so that he could take some time off. He was OK paying two employees so that he could relax. Then he comes back after deciding he can't relax and he decides he can't afford to pay them both? He had two good workers. Why not keep them both? Even if he gave each of them half the hours, I doubt there is any difference in what they are paid. It isn't like he was offering benefits. They were part-time student employees.

I would have kept them both. Had both work some days, one work some days, and maybe split the day between them other days (for example, have Marcia work Saturday morning and Jan work Saturday afternoon).

Good points. I mean, what did Haskell do, cut his own salary so he could hire Jan in addition to Marcia? And then when he decides that playing golf was too much for him, he decides to go back to work and start paying himself again? All the guy was doing was taking afternoons off.

The shop wasn't even that busy, even on weekend afternoons (when Peter was listening to a football game on the radio).

visaman666 · 04-17-2014, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

why would you fire a good employee and have to worry about training a new employee? - it costs time and money to train someone, and you don't get rid of someone that is working out if you can help it,

i find it much less believable that a business owner would hire relatives - it almost guarantees drama.

In Canada, the boss would have fired both of them and hired Temporary Foreign Workers from the Philippines.

Tweety · 04-17-2014, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by visaman666

In Canada, the boss would have fired both of them and hired Temporary Foreign Workers from the Philippines.

In the U.S., with this economy, and with taxes being what they are, he would have moved the ice cream shop to the Philippines.

Mark Mallard · 04-17-2014, 09:45 PM

How did Jan go from being super-efficient and on-top-of-things in "Marcia Gets Creamed" to being a no-talent klutz in "Try, Try Again"? Apparently Jan's skills at the ice cream parlor didn't transfer over into anything pertaining to school clubs. The real question here though is why choose Jan over Marcia in anything? I mean come on, it's Jan! No one likes Jan!

Bonniegirl · 07-10-2014, 08:10 PM

That wasn't fair. He had to have known that would hurt Marci's feelings. She had seniority, if one had to go it should have been Jan. Unless Marsha was really a slacker and Jan was WAY better. But not really so, maybe he thought Jan was a better worker but he thought Marsha was good too. He even said "But Jan is a little better"! On the flip side though, it was good to see Jan get the glory in an episode, where as Marcia was the "golden girl" always and Jan was the goofy middle sister in Marcia's shadow.

I liked this episode though. Peter who is such a cutie was really a slacker , he was funny! And the boyfriend that Marcia got jealous when he brought the other girl in the parlor was a hotty!

Bonniegirl · 07-10-2014, 08:12 PM

And Peter ended up getting a job at the Leaning tower of Pizza! LOL!!

magellan333 · 07-19-2014, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark Mallard

How did Jan go from being super-efficient and on-top-of-things in "Marcia Gets Creamed" to being a no-talent klutz in "Try, Try Again"? Apparently Jan's skills at the ice cream parlor didn't transfer over into anything pertaining to school clubs. The real question here though is why choose Jan over Marcia in anything? I mean come on, it's Jan! No one likes Jan!

In high school I was pretty darn good at bagging groceries and running a cash register but couldn't dance a lick, hit a baseball very far or shoot a basket.

Bonniegirl · 07-19-2014, 02:57 PM

I'm getting off topic here, forgive me if I sound like an air head, but YUMMY!! Ice cream!! I want to go to Haskell's right now. I wish ice cream parlors were still popular like they were back in the day! It is so hot out, maybe I will go to Rite aid and get an ice cream cone!!!

03-30-2014, 06:26 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,073	Now why the hell would the boss of the ice cream parlor do this? He knows that jan and marcia are sisters and decides to keep one and let go the other? I think it would have made more sense to let them both go and hire another person instead of coming in between two sisters like that. He had to know that Marcia would feel some type of way but it worked out anyway since the guy marcia likes became available BTW: I wonder if he would have hired Marcia back if Jan had resigned to save their relationship LOL

03-30-2014, 09:19 PM	#2
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03-31-2014, 11:15 AM	#3
Mr. Drucker Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 28, 2013 Location: Lynn,MA Posts: 325	Despite the fact that Marcia got Jan the job in the first place,I think he kept Jan cause he wanted to nail her.There's a theory..................

03-31-2014, 07:14 PM	#4
cleverfun3000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 18, 2008 Location: Manhattan Posts: 1,685	That's exactly what I was thinking.

04-14-2014, 04:59 PM	#7
brgmgb Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 26, 2006 Posts: 88	If you look at it logically, he did not need to fire anyone. He hired Marcia and then Jan so that he could take some time off. He was OK paying two employees so that he could relax. Then he comes back after deciding he can't relax and he decides he can't afford to pay them both? He had two good workers. Why not keep them both? Even if he gave each of them half the hours, I doubt there is any difference in what they are paid. It isn't like he was offering benefits. They were part-time student employees. I would have kept them both. Had both work some days, one work some days, and maybe split the day between them other days (for example, have Marcia work Saturday morning and Jan work Saturday afternoon).

04-17-2014, 09:45 PM	#11
Mark Mallard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 26, 2013 Location: United States of America Posts: 104	How did Jan go from being super-efficient and on-top-of-things in "Marcia Gets Creamed" to being a no-talent klutz in "Try, Try Again"? Apparently Jan's skills at the ice cream parlor didn't transfer over into anything pertaining to school clubs. The real question here though is why choose Jan over Marcia in anything? I mean come on, it's Jan! No one likes Jan!

07-10-2014, 08:10 PM	#12
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,832	That wasn't fair. He had to have known that would hurt Marci's feelings. She had seniority, if one had to go it should have been Jan. Unless Marsha was really a slacker and Jan was WAY better. But not really so, maybe he thought Jan was a better worker but he thought Marsha was good too. He even said "But Jan is a little better"! On the flip side though, it was good to see Jan get the glory in an episode, where as Marcia was the "golden girl" always and Jan was the goofy middle sister in Marcia's shadow. I liked this episode though. Peter who is such a cutie was really a slacker , he was funny! And the boyfriend that Marcia got jealous when he brought the other girl in the parlor was a hotty!

07-10-2014, 08:12 PM	#13
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,832	And Peter ended up getting a job at the Leaning tower of Pizza! LOL!!

07-19-2014, 02:57 PM	#15
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,832	I'm getting off topic here, forgive me if I sound like an air head, but YUMMY!! Ice cream!! I want to go to Haskell's right now. I wish ice cream parlors were still popular like they were back in the day! It is so hot out, maybe I will go to Rite aid and get an ice cream cone!!!