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05-25-2005, 11:41 AM
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I work at a great place, where personal needs are accomodated easily; for example, when I came to work all upset because Buffy was so sick, one of my coworkers wanted to know why I hadn't either stayed home or brought Buffy in with me. (She'd brought her dog in to the office in the past when he needed medication given every X hours for a few weeks.)
Today the office manager has her son in the office. He's about 3, a cute kid, and has so far melted one cup in the microwave when trying to make hot chocolate without letting any grown-ups know.
Have I mentioned lately how I love the company of small children? :zip:
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05-25-2005, 11:42 AM
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what would happen if he accidently got locked in the supply closet? |
05-25-2005, 11:43 AM
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You have my sympathy, MJ, though I think it is fantastic that your workplace is that accommodating.
We often have children in our offices as well. While I've not had to do that (the benefits of having a stay-at-home spouse), I've always loved that my employer was willing to allow that. It makes the job so much less stressful. Of course, I have the child who would be bouncing off the walls, not playing quietly on a computer game or doing a worksheet.
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05-25-2005, 11:50 AM
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So far this kid isn't too bad. He's just in the walk-around-and-prattle-really-loud stage. Luckily I did a lot of heavy-duty-concentration data work yesterday.
The other woman who brings a child to work at times took her daughter to my doorway, pointed at me, and said "This is the lady I told you about." The little girl got a very serious look on her face, nodded, and studiously avoided my door all day. 
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05-25-2005, 12:04 PM
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I can't handle having my own kids at work and don't do well with others either. My sympathies!
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05-25-2005, 12:06 PM
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You're scaring them young, eh MJ?
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05-25-2005, 12:16 PM
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Hell yeah. Started back in high school, when I would work in the church nursery and all the babies would cry if I came near.
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05-25-2005, 12:24 PM
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The Child has done something with the copy machine. Could be toner, could be hot chocolate. I didn't get close enough to find out.
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05-25-2005, 12:55 PM
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The Child also did something to the network server and we lost Internet and email for 30 minutes.
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05-25-2005, 01:04 PM
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Oh my.
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05-25-2005, 01:05 PM
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Ps. So far it sounds like things that I do when I'm in a 'real' office environment. There is a reason I work from home
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05-25-2005, 01:06 PM
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Ok - MJ, are you blaming the child for everything that goes wrong today, or did his mom let him on the internet? |
05-25-2005, 01:10 PM
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Ok - MJ, are you blaming the child for everything that goes wrong today, or did his mom let him on the internet? | I'm not THAT bad!
The Child is in the boss's office (boss is out today), sitting at a table with art stuff, a mess of post-it notes stuck to the walls, floor, and everywhere else, and a very very loud robot educational toy thing. The Child's mom is in the office next door to The Child. The Child wandered over to the boss's computer, spotted the pretty flashing lights on the UPS that connects to the server, and decided to push some buttons.
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05-25-2005, 01:16 PM
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I told you to put the child in the supply closet! |
05-25-2005, 01:18 PM
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I told you to put the child in the supply closet! | Are there spiders in the closet?
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05-25-2005, 01:24 PM
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The supply closet is where the pretty blinking lights of the ROUTER is, so I'm thinking that'll be a no.
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05-25-2005, 02:27 PM
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Blame the mother, not the child. He's too little to be in an office alone. 'Specially the boss's office.
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05-25-2005, 02:44 PM
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Quote: | mjfrombuffalo said
The other woman who brings a child to work at times took her daughter to my doorway, pointed at me, and said "This is the lady I told you about." The little girl got a very serious look on her face, nodded, and studiously avoided my door all day. | On Kids to Work Day, I started introducing Jeremy to one of my co-workers.  The other woman standing in the room, very loudly proclaimed "AND MIKE HATES CHILDREN". Jeremy avoided him all day.
My sympathies, BTW. We had an admin who would bring her brats (yes, they were) into the office periodically and they'd color for hours with dry-erase markers, stinking up the whole floor. 
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05-25-2005, 02:50 PM
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I have no problem with bringing kids to the office for a visit. Let everyone see how cute they are, then take them home. And, while you're at it, take some of the loudmouth staff with you.
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05-25-2005, 06:33 PM
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We ALWAYS have children running around where I work. 
Once there was this small boy who was running around with a squirt gun. He kept shooting the front desk clerks. They were getting annoyed, but they weren't sure who he belonged to.
And then I got in, and the small child ran up to the desk and pointed his squirt gun at me. I picked up my water bottle (which has one of those sport tops), snapped it open and sqirted him right on the head. He backed off, and I didn't see him again for the rest of the night.
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05-25-2005, 06:34 PM
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Note to self: bring squirt bottle to office
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05-25-2005, 06:38 PM
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And you know what's really fun to watch? Small children running toward sliding glass doors. Because they're too short to trigger the beam in time, and almost always end up splatted up against the door.
Best effect is when you are walking toward the door from the other side.
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05-25-2005, 07:15 PM
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And here I just suggested G bring Beanie to the office tomorrow when he picks her up at school.  | |
