OK, now he’s being a jerk. Bad move.

Ladies, here’s a hint: if you find yourself in a situation such as this or if your date is rude to the waitstaff, praises Donald Trump or tells you “All lives matter” then DO NOT FUCK THEM!

Is he actually bragging about his dad underpaying them?
Is there a different possible interpretation of that dialogue?

Oh. Oh no. Can we go back to arguing about support group ladies instead? After the rape murder moral debacle I’m not sure I want to see the hot take on racism.

Okay, if this scene doesn’t end with Max offering to let Alison have a swim in his Scrooge McDuckian money pit, I for one will be severely disappointed.

holy shit man

Uh oh.

So… Why was a guy with this amount of wealth caught in a random burning apartment building?

Bought it, burned it down, waited to get rescued by firefighter superhero?

….has Max even met Al before? Why on earth does he think that bragging about violations of labor law is the way to her heart?

This is one of those situations where being able to fly is super useful- else, Al would be stuck as a captive audience. Any woman who isn’t Alison would be find herself in an elegantly appointed hostage situation.

…and now that I think about it, the combination of his obliviousness to the the workers who keep his family estate running added to the ease with which he puts people in compromising situations is more than a bit distressing- even if he’s not doing it with malice and intent.

Officially do not like Max.

Oh my goodness, someone has a bad case of affluenza and doesn’t realize it.

I think we might’ve been onto something with the squinty eye = evil theory…

I can literally see all the red flags and hear the alarm bells in her head.

So Max wants to date a super hero who is very conscious about social inequality to the point where it is her career now and his plan to woo her is to show off his money, servants and privilege?
In the words of Tony Stark from the Avengers movie ” Not a great plan”.

Someone’s not getting laid tonight!

Easy to over look the dirty hands people when you’re a douche bag.

Speaking as someone who used to work for a day rate under the table… MY question is how much they’re getting paid, and how reliable the checks are. Don’t assume they feel exploited. If they’re getting paid well and treated well, those guys are going to end up being the pissed off proletariat yelling at the well meaning but misguided progressive.

Oh man, actual conflict staring Max, here we go!

I think I got it.

One of Alison’s superpower is passing the Idiot Ball to her romantic interests, so they start spouting the worst things possible at the most inopportune times.

It took Patrick, a skilled mind-reader, a few years to fall under the influence of the Idiot Sphere, but with the anomalies getting stronger and being a simple Mundie, Max got stupid already at the second date.

“I also don’t read, I have someone do that for me too. I don’t know their names either, haha!”

… and I just noticed he said ‘day rate’. Likely meaning you get paid when I want you and not otherwise. Aka day labour, see also Zero Hours Contract (well worse, as there’s no contract). That could be reasonable, but there’s a good chance it’s exploitative, it depends whether that’s the kind of work they want and whether they’re able to work for other people on the days they aren’t employed by Max’s family. If they aren’t employed every day their average salary will plummet.

For the people claiming it’s unreasonable for Max to know their names, note that he does however know their terms of employment.

It could be trolling us, but we’ve been running through a set of scenarios (Gurwara, Cleaver, Brad’s conference) where Allison is confronted with privilege. Sometimes her own, sometimes the effect it has on others. This would fit precisely in that pattern.

[Bonus points if the assistant doesn’t know the gardeners’ names either.]

Only possible redemption for Max: he’s not bragging, just talking in passing about how odd it is that they’re working late, and honestly doesn’t realize the implications of what he’s saying (that’s how I interpreted the comic, since bragging about exploiting people in front of Allison would be mightily stupid). Allison will then clue him in heavily, and Max will either pledge to improve the treatment of his workers and show himself to be more than the rich stereotype we were expecting, or he won’t, and the relationship will end, possibly with Allison getting very mad.

Alternatively, maybe for whatever reason the workers won’t appreciate Allison’s intervention on their behalf and she will learn a lesson about paternalistically trying to rescue people without knowing their full situation.

You know… everyone seems to be saying “Oh I hope it’s a joke” but look at his face. He’s not HAPPY about it. Chances are, he doesn’t feel like they deserve the obvious misuse. He likely wants them to GET overtime, he probably wants a lot of things for the people his father hires. So far nothing about Max has said that he’s a horrible person, just that he wanted to surprise his girlfriend, didn’t know her plans (she likely didn’t TELL him. They only went on one date, after all) and show her a lovely time. Yes, this lovely time happens to be on his father’s dime, but perhaps there’s a reason for that… perhaps showing Al around, is part of his plan to have her, help HIM correct some of the wrongs his family is doing.