i think that's my hang up. david is presented as being a good guy character. genuinely good and thoughtful in many ways. so when something like this isn't as fleshed out it's a bit off. i think it's a storyline that could have been written in a bit cleaner/neater way.
emily α¦
2023-11-01 17:55:57 +0000 UTC
I mean even without the Jan lawsuit incident it is a big conflict of interest for the boss and hr rep to be in a romantic and sexual relationship. Imagine if someone had a legitimate complaint against Michael - Holly wouldnβt be able to be impartial and sheβs in theory supposed to be there for the employees.
On the other hand one silly thing that gets on my nerves is I feel like technically we donβt know for sure that David moved Holly because of the relationship. Itβs possible he decided to transfer Holly for a different reason before he saw Michael and Holly kiss and his statement to the camera at the end of Crime Aid is a statement of regret that he didnβt know they were a couple. Heβd already put the plan in motion to move Holly and he was showing empathy over inadvertently breaking them up, whereas if he had known beforehand he wouldnβt have done so. So if you want to believe that I feel like itβs justifiable lol. I wish the show gave more certainty as to why David did what he did.
Mark Lowe
2023-11-01 17:20:40 +0000 UTC
i generally love david wallace but there's some things that he does that piss me off. this being one of them for sure
emily α¦
2023-11-01 16:25:59 +0000 UTC
I get that David Wallace was probably paranoid of Michael creating another Jan-level situation for the company, but what he did was a real shitty thing to do.