I hate companies that cater to working moms

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imported_Tick

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: Tick
Two working parents really needs to be illegal. Not just discouraged, ILLEGAL. As in PMITA Prison illegal.
Both of my parents worked. All four of my grandparents worked. Anyone who thinks two working parents can't manage their time and raise well-adjusted children needs to be euthanized.

More government intervention into our private lives is the absolute LAST thing this nanny-state country needs.

ZV
No, we need MORE government controll over the idiots and poor people.
Hitting the sarcasm a little heavy tonight, aren't we.

ZV
I'm dead serious.
Shame we can't make that statement true without the third word.

ZV

Wow, I express an opinion you don't like and you wish death upon me. I'm just amazed at the respect you have for people.
 

cheapgoose

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ok so here's what I don't understand. why does anyone HAVE to go to work and cover someone? If it's your day off, it's your day off. If you keep covering for someone, of course he/she will think it's ok to be calling in sick. I've never been in a situation where it is required that I go to work when someone calls in sick.

 

Mail5398

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Who will pay the taxes when all you childless people get older. You know the government spends every damn penny it gets plus some.

 

imported_Tick

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Originally posted by: Mail5398
Who will pay the taxes when all you childless people get older. You know the government spends every damn penny it gets plus some.

It works out in the end. Witness the black death. Population crash lead to imense growth in per-person wealth.
 

BATCH71

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Originally posted by: Rickten
Originally posted by: BATCH71
Possibly move out of new england if you can't afford to live there? Kids are not a right.

Sure, you got a spare room. We will be right over :)

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I have two spare bedrooms are you clean and trustworthy?

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Neither, you got a sister :D

 

Homerboy

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message brought to you by the religious right

Excuse me? How in ANY shape way or form is my statement religious? Unless your religion is responsible fvcking parenting.

 

Zombie

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Originally posted by: Tick
I still think that having one stay at home parent should be a legal requirement for being allowed to have kids.


how old are you?
 

PimpJuice

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Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: BATCH71
We all get reamed on taxes. Sorry it is the truth. Single, married whatever and to you singles pissin and moaning about the taxes. Wait til you have kids and then you will think that taxes were like a gift compared to the cost of children and the "costs" that come with them.

Amen brother

When you choose to have children, you forgo the right to bitch about the cost of them or the taxes that you pay. That is like me saying "Wait till you buy a ferrari and then you will think that taxes were like a gift compared to the insane costs that come with owning a ferrari

everyone should pay the same % in taxes, and if you cant afford children....dont have them. I shouldnt have to pay more in taxes because you want to have children.


 

drnickriviera

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Originally posted by: cheapgoose
ok so here's what I don't understand. why does anyone HAVE to go to work and cover someone? If it's your day off, it's your day off. If you keep covering for someone, of course he/she will think it's ok to be calling in sick. I've never been in a situation where it is required that I go to work when someone calls in sick.


That's what I want to know. "Uhh it's my day off, i've already made plans, can't come it"
 

Homerboy

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That's what I want to know. "Uhh it's my day off, i've already made plans, can't come it"

Is that how they trained you at Hollywood Upstairs Medical School Dr. Nick?
 

DaiShan

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ulfwald
They want equal treatment, until it becomes equal responsibility.
i wonder why the father isn't sharing responsibility for the children.

Maybe it is the same woman who went on Maury and had 29 men tested and still couldn't find the father of the baby?
 

DaiShan

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Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ulfwald
They want equal treatment, until it becomes equal responsibility.
i wonder why the father isn't sharing responsibility for the children.

Well in my case, her husband has a higher paying job, so she's always the one who ends up calling in. There have been several other call-ins over the past year. But she gets away with it. You can bet my ass would get reemed out if I called out anywhere near as much as she has.

Two working parents really needs to be illegal. Not just discouraged, ILLEGAL. As in PMITA Prison illegal.

Umm wtf are you talkin bout mate? What about those people who actually *gasp* pay for help? My parents both worked until I was 15 (then they retired) but while they were working they had someone pick my sister and I up from school when we didn't have sports etc and take us home and watch us until they got back, but you're suggesting that they should have gone to jail because some half-wit can't manage their own life? Greeeeat.

 

DaiShan

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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: Tick
Damn equal rights for idiots and poor people. We need more big brother..... And those damn mail in rebates! The government needs to stop them to!

I hear if you say "mail in rebates" 3 times in a row, RossMAN appears out of nowhere in a cloud of smoke.

Mail in rebates
Mail in rebates
Mail in rebates

I saw the beacon in the sky :thumbsup:

WTF do you want? I'm chatting on Skype with some Aussies and Kiwis.
You're such a badass :p
 

PingSpike

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Ok OP...here's what you do. Whenever you have some time off, don't pick up your phone. Just let the answering machine get it. It worked for the moron woman you're complaining about. Then you "didn't know" that they needed you to cover for the woman that never comes to work.

If you have a cellphone, get rid of it.
 

BATCH71

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First off, I am not bitching about the cost of kids, I am stating a fact that they are expensive. I also will say that when one has children, they are forever, ferrari's are not. When your ferrari gets out of hand you can sell it off for a loss or profit and get a vehicle of lesser cost and value, Now if I could just trade in my straight A's pain in the ass kids for some easy going cheap C students, I would be golden.

Sorry, your analogy sucks! You cannot compare kids with cars, they are not in the same realm. Other than that thanks for posting :)

Dave
 

PingSpike

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Originally posted by: BATCH71
First off, I am not bitching about the cost of kids, I am stating a fact that they are expensive. I also will say that when one has children, they are forever, ferrari's are not. When your ferrari gets out of hand you can sell it off for a loss or profit and get a vehicle of lesser cost and value, Now if I could just trade in my straight A's pain in the ass kids for some easy going cheap C students, I would be golden.

Sorry, your analogy sucks! You cannot compare kids with cars, they are not in the same realm. Other than that thanks for posting :)

Dave

They're both choices.
 

crystal

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BTW, doesn't the laws say you are a full time worker if you put in at least 32 hrs/wk? If it is so, then you losing your benefits if you didn't put in 40 hrs/wk is BS.
 

Adica

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The company caters to this type of stuff. You said it yourself. If you were or will be in her situation one day, I think you would be thankful. I think you should worry about yourself and nevermind anyone else. It's very hard to be a parent these days. If they ask you to pick up her slack, simply say "No".
 

darkamulets

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Originally posted by: dabuddha
Does she work an 8 hour day or a 10 hour day?

Probably 6 hours, "Oh sorry I came in late had to drop the kids off" and "Oh sorry I have to head out early to pick the kids up". People just don't get it, they are your kids, they are your responsibilities and ****** you get earned income credit for having a kid, you wanted the child you get to pay about it (your choice). If I have a reason to take a day off I will use said sick or vacation time, maybe even ask a friend to cover for me. However I never make a habit of asking someone to cover for me. I've only asked once.

I recently lost two family members in succession and went through a break up with my SO.

I missed 1 damn day of work, it sucked but I went in and did my damn work. If your kid is sick IDC that's your problem you have my pity not my sympathy resolve the issue on your own time and your own way which doesn't involve me or my time.

To those people that can manage kids & a household more power to you. To those that bitch and moan about it your the damn reason I wish their was a state exam for parenting.
 

Proletariat

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ulfwald
They want equal treatment, until it becomes equal responsibility.
i wonder why the father isn't sharing responsibility for the children.

Hey she had kids with the bum.

If you marry an ass its your responsibility not the rest of the worlds.