I take it all back

[susandennis]

A week or so ago I posted an entry about how magical it was when I got to go to my father's office with him. And how one of my co-worker's sons was here at work with him and it was good.

Both of the above were exceptions to the rule. As usual, idiots ruin it for everyone. And after this week, my new rule is NO KIDS at work ever. Sorry. Daddy took me in on Saturdays, everyone else can do the same.

Every day this past week has been babysitting day here at work. Yesterday was the worst. The Vice President of Sales had his whole fucking family in - wifey and 4 kids. They ran around and squealed for about an hour and then it was time for them to go. Wifey sidles up to the office manager and says that the two boys about 8-10 yrs 'want to stay... is it ok?'

What the fuck is she going to say? So the two little idiots stayed. They raced around all afternoon, tore up shit, made noise, carried on, were obnoxious... while their father was out for coffee, upstairs in his executive suite office, generally not interested at all. I found cookie wrappers on my desk, my favorite pen was broken .

Tuesday it was the son and daughter of one of the marketing people. Monday it was the two small squeally children of one of the development people.

I've looked all through our meager benefits and on-fucking-site-day-care is not listed anywhere.

I made a conscience decision way early on not to have children. I've never once regretted or even second guessed that decision. I don't like children. I'm not interested in being around children. But even if I loved them...

The office is no place for children of any kind. Any more show up this week and I am not to be held responsible for what happens to them.

Comments

no shredder in your office?

[henare.livejournal.com]

:)

Re: no shredder in your office?

[susandennis]

We do!!! We have one that does CD's!! I'll bet it would LOVE to have a kid. Thanks for the reminder!!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Back in the early 90s I worked for a Very Enlightened Company that decided to come up with a creative solution for the problem that all schools were closed on Martin Luther King Day, but no private companies' offices were. (They could, of course, have soplved the problem by added MLK Day as a holiday, but they weren't wuite that Enlightened.) So the declared MLK Day to be Kids Day at [Company], and invited emplyees who had kids to young to leave alone to bring them to work. The big auditorium and, I think, a few other ground-floor rooms were reserved for their use, and various sorts of entertainment were provided, and the idea was that the kids were supposed to stay in their designated areas and not come looking for their parents and disturbing adults who were trying to work.

Well, you can imagine how well that worked. I grew to dread the third Monday in January.

[susandennis]

GRRRRRRR That would not bring out the best MLK in me...

[susandennis]

Cats in the office! That's a wonderful idea!!!! If I ever have an office that is mine to control... CATS!!! No people... just CATS!!! and me and you if you are in town.