Rant of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:04 pmSo one of the women in my office felt it was appropriate to bring her 8 or 9 year old daughter to work with her.
As if this isn't bad enough, she then leaves for periods at a time, and leaves the daughter sitting in the office, without saying a word, as if to imply that we, her co-workers, are expected to babysit her child.
Now, school has just come back into session, which means that this girl, who shouldn't be here to begin with, has homework to do. So now, as if I don't dislike my job enough, I've got to do it while I hear this girl read aloud.
Is it me, or has the workplace become a daycare center? I understand that women want to work, and I understand that you want to be treated equally. (I single out women in this instance only because the woman in question is a single mother.)
However, if you can not find someone to take care of your child, don't expect me to do it for you. It's not my child, and it's not my responsibility to watch after her when you can not do so yourself.
Let's just imagine for a moment that there's a fire, or even a fire alarm. God forbid something happen to your child. But what if it does? Whose responsibility was it to ensure that this child is safely evacuated from the building, because you ditched her here while you went to another office in the building? I'm certainly not going to look after her, because I've got enough stuff that I'm required to do in that scenario.
Folks, don't bring your kids to work. They don't belong there anymore than your dog does.
As if this isn't bad enough, she then leaves for periods at a time, and leaves the daughter sitting in the office, without saying a word, as if to imply that we, her co-workers, are expected to babysit her child.
Now, school has just come back into session, which means that this girl, who shouldn't be here to begin with, has homework to do. So now, as if I don't dislike my job enough, I've got to do it while I hear this girl read aloud.
Is it me, or has the workplace become a daycare center? I understand that women want to work, and I understand that you want to be treated equally. (I single out women in this instance only because the woman in question is a single mother.)
However, if you can not find someone to take care of your child, don't expect me to do it for you. It's not my child, and it's not my responsibility to watch after her when you can not do so yourself.
Let's just imagine for a moment that there's a fire, or even a fire alarm. God forbid something happen to your child. But what if it does? Whose responsibility was it to ensure that this child is safely evacuated from the building, because you ditched her here while you went to another office in the building? I'm certainly not going to look after her, because I've got enough stuff that I'm required to do in that scenario.
Folks, don't bring your kids to work. They don't belong there anymore than your dog does.
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