People bringing babies into the office

[torpid]

Originally posted by: rivan
I've brought each of my two kids to the office. The four-year old's been here twice. The 9-month old's been here once. Each of the visits was <15 minutes - enough time to make the rounds to the people who give a damn.

Honestly, if I'm going to start talking about not allowing annoying things in the office, the occasional noise from random kids is pretty far from the top of my list

? No daily arguing with your bill collector/bank/mother to talk about when the check will clear/when the check will clear/when the check will clear.
? No more talking about what Jessica did last night.
? No more 20-minute rants about how the guy behind the counter at the tire place treated you.

Unless those people are walking around to every cube in the office to talk about those things, they are nowhere near as annoying as someone bringing their baby around and requiring you to pretend you care. Second to the baby thing is when people walk around with some stupid idea for a gift or party for someone and expect you to contribute. If I contributed toward every single party or gift I was asked to, I would probably be out $1000 per year.

Wait, no, above both of those is the one where they pressure you to contribute to some crap charity like united way. I think there were some threads about that here on ATOT. After that, then it's the babies, then the gift.

Man, we really need to have an "office annoyance oscar" ceremony.

 

[Braznor]

Get your name into the sex offender list, people won't be bringing their pesky kids near you anytime soon!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: darkxshade
The obvious thing to do when a co-worker is bringing their kid to work a lot... confiscate it.

Teach the kid about the many uses of curse words.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Bringing kids to work is not nearly as bad as people who bring their screaming 6-month old infants to movie theaters. :| Makes me want to beat the parents to a bluddy pulp with a sack of nickels.

 

[Electric Amish]

Fact.

I hate kids...especially when they show up where they don't belong.

 

[pstylesss]

I think I was able to grow up a little more mature and more knowledgeable on a wide range of subjects because my dad would bring me everywhere with him. It also helped that I asked a lot of questions.

As long as the parents know how to control their children, I haven no problem with it.

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
I think I was able to grow up a little more mature and more knowledgeable on a wide range of subjects because my dad would bring me everywhere with him. It also helped that I asked a lot of questions.

As long as the parents know how to control their children, I haven no problem with it.

likewise, however I was reasonably quite so I suspect it wasn't too annoying.


thankfully where I work either a)no one would dare bring their kids there or b)they are far to old to have kids now.

 

[Xavier434]

Christ...lighten up dude. They are just kids. I can understand if they are at the office for hours causing disruptions while their mother/father isn't keeping them in line, but if they are just visiting for a bit and they do not come in often at all then just let it go. The office doesn't have to be 100% serious and productive all the time to make a lot of money.

Also, there is a reason why those with kids who are more family oriented do not have a problem with this issue while those with pasts of screwed up marriages and no kids (or kids they hardly see) do have issues. Some people actually have lives where there are many aspects which they prioritize higher than their job. It's amazing how many more people enjoy their jobs when those with the power are the more family oriented type. Learn from this fact.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Xavier434
Christ...lighten up dude. They are just kids. I can understand if they are at the office for hours causing disruptions while their mother/father isn't keeping them in line, but if they are just visiting for a bit and they do not come in often at all then just let it go. The office doesn't have to be 100% serious and productive all the time to make a lot of money.

Also, there is a reason why those with kids who are more family oriented do not have a problem with this issue while those with pasts of screwed up marriages and no kids (or kids they hardly see) do have issues. Some people actually have lives where there are many aspects which they prioritize higher than their job. It's amazing how many more people enjoy their jobs when those with the power are the more family oriented type. Learn from this fact.

My kids have been in the office before--sometimes when my wife came to meet me for lunch, others right after the baby was born, etc. Some people are genuinely interested while others are not. For those that were not interested, I did not bring the baby to their desk or impose on them at all.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Xavier434
Christ...lighten up dude. They are just kids. I can understand if they are at the office for hours causing disruptions while their mother/father isn't keeping them in line, but if they are just visiting for a bit and they do not come in often at all then just let it go. The office doesn't have to be 100% serious and productive all the time to make a lot of money.

Also, there is a reason why those with kids who are more family oriented do not have a problem with this issue while those with pasts of screwed up marriages and no kids (or kids they hardly see) do have issues. Some people actually have lives where there are many aspects which they prioritize higher than their job. It's amazing how many more people enjoy their jobs when those with the power are the more family oriented type. Learn from this fact.

Hmm, so not having kids = having no life? Maybe I'll start bringing my pets into the office, because I know a couple of people would be interested to see him and I don't give a shit if it disturbs anyone else.

I may or may not have kids in the future, but I sure as hell won't be bringing them into the office, unless there is a "bring your kid to work" day or something. Oh and if I don't have kids by the time there is a "bring your kid to work" day, rest assured I will be taking that day off.

I should also note that I don't dislike kids in general, but there are certain times when it is inappropriate to have them around; this is one of those times.

KT