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I had to work today. A part-time co-worker that was off came in to gush about being off. Her three children all dressed in their Easter finest waiting alone in her car. She addressed our manager who has three small children: “How can you not be home with your kids today? Don’t you celebrate Easter?” Manager says “Their father is home with them now and we have plans for this afternoon when I’m off.” The idiot continued “oh I wouldn’t be able to stand it if I missed out on this with my kids. How can you miss them finding their baskets and dressing them up for church?”
It is a well known fact that this manager’s husband is not working. He is battling cancer and unable to work. OF COURSE she’d rather be home enjoying the first nice day in 7 months with her family. But she’s working on a holiday because it is a holiday and she’s getting paid overtime. She’s putting food on her table!
The co-worker has the luxury of working part-time because she gets state aid. When she was offered a full time position she turned it down because it would interfere with her “benefits”. Welfare requires her to work 16 - 24 hours a week and that is all she will work.
I am sitting here wondering if she was just trying to be a jerk or if she was really that obtuse. I am so angry. My manager is a young woman that works her butt off! She jumps right in to help, she’d never ask you to do anything she wouldn’t do herself. How dare someone come in and imply she’s not a good mother because she’s working to support them!
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I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children.
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