I
refuse to see the "humor" and "entertainment" of what the episode did to Frankie. The notion of even attempting to enjoy this malicious disgrace is endlessly offensive and revolting to me. The entire house being ignorant to the suffering of the very person who takes care of them only makes things even WORSE and more hurtful.
This episode
is very different from "Busted" and all the other ones that involve Frankie enduring some kind of hardship. The gang's attempts to repair the bust weren't cruel in the slightest; it was an ordinary work day for Frankie; she gets some payback at the end, and since it was one of the series' earliest episodes, it was necessary to show viewers the nature of Frankie's job(as well as her antagonistic relationship with Herriman). Goofball was a reckless and malicious jerk; on what was supposed to be Frankie's night off as reward for all her hard work; who gets absolutely no payback for her suffering; and was one of the two Season 3 episodes(the other being FGTE) that came dangerously close to ruining the show thanks to their unwarranted cruelty towards sympathetic characters.
IHFUMEUP didn't really "establish" the nature of Frankie's job, because it was already long established. All it was was a vicious kick in the face to Frankie and her fans.