Snow Day
It is really odd at work listening to some of these mother's talk about snow days. I remember my mother used to be so excited when my brother and I were small for snow days. We would go sledding, make snowmen, have snowball fights, walk to Dunkin Donuts for hot cocoa and basically just have a free day of fun. These women come into work all bitter that their kids aren't in school. One woman actually said, in front of her kids mind you, "This is a freaking nightmare. I am so miserable I just can't wait for them to get back to school. What a pain in the ass." Now I have seen this woman at all hours of the day wandering the shopping center with bags of crap that she has bought or sitting half the day and gossiping with friends so it wasn't like she actually had to call off of work herself or make any odd arrangements for the kids daycare. It was just an inconvenience to her to have to actually watch her own kids for the day. WTF?
She wasn't the only one either. That was a sentiment I kept hearing throughout the day on Wednesday. Why are these people having kids if they obviously don't want them? I just don't get it.
posted by Vinnie G. @ 1:53 PM
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I heard something similar last week, like "If they're off one more day because of snow I'll go insane." She also doesn't work, and spends her days going to "the club" to play tennis, etc. She's a nice person, but when she said that it struck me as a little wierd.
Good grief!
I was so super excited to have a snow day with the kids last week! Normally, when the kids have a snow day, it is difficult to find last-minute "daycare" for them so I can go to work, but last week it was just too snowy to go all the way from Aurora to Euclid. No way was that gonna happen. So I was thrilled!
Even when I didn't work, I loved snow days -- WTF is right, what's wrong with people whose children get in the way of their shopping/socializing? Jesus. If they're such an imposition, you shouldn't have had them. If they're too bratty to tolerate, maybe you should look in the mirror for the reason why. And if you can't go out in the snow and play with your children on a snow day, you're just an asshole.
(Whew, I feel better now! Oh and, hey, Vince, I broke up with the girl. So now you are REQUIRED to take me out to play.)
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