No kids, you can work weekends!
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- dMullins0
It's amusing how the real question flew straight over top of like 90% of the people commenting here.
- enlighten us, oh Mighty dmullinslocustsloth
- Q: "People get away w/ stuff because they choose to have kids. What's up with that?"prophet
- thank god for dmullins, im pleased someone spotted all the BS in this thread!Hombre_Lobo
- DrBombay0
I work with 2 guys that admit to using their children as excuses to work from home, come in late and all sorts of things like that. So, if you aren't currently using your kids for that, you could. Shit, you might as well.
- If this thread is any example, tons of people will defend you if you did.DrBombay
- +2.2iCanHasQBN
- dMullins0
How about reading the fucking thread? Unless I missed something, Boz never said, "Your kids are a burden on me."
My personal feeling is Boz should be bitching at his project manager, and worrying less about what other designers are doing in their off-time.
Sounds like mismanagement if you're working late every day of the week.
- DrBombay0
I'd say boz should be getting paid by the hour, he seems to be getting fucked on this per-project pricing.
- scarabin0
you know what though, there's a trade-off. yeah, you MIGHT have to work a few extra hours in your life because you don't have kids,
but YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS.
which means:
you can still party
you can still smoke weed
you're still getting blow jobs from your girl
you don't have to find a sitter just to see a fucking movie
you can sleep at night
you actually have money you can spend
you don't have to wipe anyone else's ass but your own
you still don't know what diarrhea tastes like
you don't have to watch dora the explorer
your sense of humor still consists of more than stupid puns
you still don't know who hannah montana is
you can get on an airplane without everyone hating you
you can run into the store without worrying about someone dying in your carso, let the poor bastards leave early i say. we're still getting the best deal.
- preach!SteveJobs
- guessing you don't want kids...inteliboy
- du du du du du dora...prophet
- i fail to see the appealscarabin
- all true, but I'm not getting the pun thing.dopepope
- re: puns– i've noticed that fathers tend to have a similar sense of humor, mostly influenced by cartoons and children's discovery of languagescarabin
- of language. could just be the fathers i know, thoughscarabin
- hahamonospaced
- best deal, nah, we both win man, I wasn't a father till i was 35, shit gets old man, you'll see guy, but for now enjoy your youthmoldero
- i sure as hell did.moldero
- melq0
Dear Dynamic Duo of Mental Processing,
Do your companies actively discriminate against employees without "families" in other areas? Is this the only situation where this occurs or is there an ongoing culture of bias against single men and women?
Do these thankless coworkers you reference exhibit such poor manners and lack of gratitude in other areas of socialization? Do they often disregard your personal space, opinion or well-being?
Is it possible that you work for companies that realize a family-friendly workplace is a key benefit to recruiting and obtaining some talented individuals? Perhaps there are details behind the scenes that you are neither privy to nor need to know?
Would permission to go out and buy the prettiest dress you can find make you feel a bit better?
With sympathy,
melq
- inkpink0
scarabin, i have 2 kids and:
you can still party - HELLZ YEAH
you can still smoke weed - YUP
you're still getting blow jobs from your girl - YES PLENTY
you don't have to find a sitter just to see a fucking movie - THAT"S WHAT KID #1 IS FOR
you can sleep at night - YES
you actually have money you can spend - NO
you don't have to wipe anyone else's ass but your own - NOT ANYMORE
you still don't know what diarrhea tastes like - UH NO
you don't have to watch dora the explorer - NOT ANYMORE
your sense of humor still consists of more than stupid puns - YOU WIN
you still don't know who hannah montana is - YOU WIN
you can get on an airplane without everyone hating you - SEE MONEY ISSUE
you can run into the store without worrying about someone dying in your car - TRU DATbut thanks for the laughs.
- pwned!ukit
- hey i'm on your side broscarabin
- great observations from a single guy... the pun thing is unfortunately kinda true.inkpink
- ah man did you guys see the latest max and ruby last night at 8pm on treehouse?...prophet
- it was so awesome... so funny.prophet
- and yeah i'll admit there was a period when the bj's stopped, but they come back, and you'll enjoy even moreinkpink
- "THAT"S WHAT KID #1 IS FOR" hahahajuhls
- lol, nicemoldero
- so many things true about this...duckofrubber
- ukit0
Boz, the Rosa Parks of childless people.
- get on the magic schoooolbus!prophet
- Dr. Bozwell Childless Kinglocustsloth
- DrBombay0
Another example from my job: A woman I work with said that her daughter had a doctor's appointment. No one will stop a Mother from taking her child to a doctor.
Then some guys who took the afternoon off to watch a Final Four game see her at a bar one hour after she left with a group of her friends.
Point is, people abuse it and you all know they do.
- Dad-gum, you're right. NO MORE SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR ANY PARENTlocustsloth
- While we're at it, rip up those handicap access ramps and parking space signs. Pretty sure some of them are faking toolocustsloth
- You're missing my point.DrBombay
- Play the game then. Find something to have an excuse for.juhls
- Don't encourage me to lie, young lady.DrBombay
- monospaced0
drunk set = pure hilarity
- DrBombay0
It's funny watching the average qbn'er grow up. Oh it seems like just yesterday when 40% of you were talking about doing drugs I had never heard of.
- DMT, I think?DrBombay
- I still don't know wtf that is.DrBombay
- remember when you used to help me get drugs?PonyBoy
- Yeah, then I found out what a prick you are. I still could get you drugs, even in PHX.DrBombay
- is that really something to brag about?PonyBoy
- You probably think so, reefer madness.DrBombay
- *puff *puff... *pass to dobby...
...
...ohhhh... c'mon... take itPonyBoy
- neowe0
Jenkem.
Jenkem, motherfuckers.
Jenkem.I'm out.
- jmilligan0
have kid - still working weekends
- boobs0
I've seen the other situation. People working late and on weekends because they can't stand their kids!
- LOLfooler2
- my boss is like that. comes in every saturday, for the whole day.iCanHasQBN