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commsroom · 11 months ago

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On the station they have many absurd protocols. What do you think is his least favorite. ? Like having to be in uniform or the hours? Just in general

oh, how could he ever choose? eiffel hates protocol as a matter of... well, protocol. uniform code was for sure one of the first things minkowski gave up trying to enforce; eiffel technically wears his uniform, but getting him to wear it properly was always a losing battle. he's never been a morning person, and having to get up early in the morning when there aren't even mornings is just insulting. there's all the repetitive daily tasks that will have to be done again tomorrow. never actually leaving work (and not being able to) really gets under his skin. there are so, so many things that he finds arbitrary, authoritarian, pointless, infuriating, and just plain wrong, but if there's one thing he hates the most, it's gotta be corporate-mandated fun. like, it's one thing to make his life a living hell, but it's a whole other thing to tell him he needs to boost morale about it.

#the mandatory talent shows (and minkowski's sincere enthusiasm for them) deeply offend his sensibilities #minkowski's thing about like. we're going to boost morale. we're going to bond as a crew. and we're going to have a great time doing it #the general lack of personal comfort and freedom is bad enough but the one thing you can never take from eiffel is his right to complain #master of malicious compliance. my hero.#anyway.#when he just wants to get his shift over with and kepler is making him play 20 questions. like. all of a little night music. etc. etc.#i think there's genuinely something to be said about eiffel's refusal to accept things as okay when it's literally. well it's in the dssppm #cutter's thing about 'positive attitudes' is certainly. a thing.#thank you for the ask!!#asks

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