Can we talk about the $10 snack boxes? $10 for crackers and nuts? WHY. WHY.

It would be different if they were magical crackers.

It might be faked, but I would fall CONSTANTLY if I had to wear high heels to events. Check your balance privilege!

I had to create a burner account to comment on this. I do not have children, but I do work in childcare. Not in a public school, but in a privately owned daycare. We care for children 6 weeks through pre-kindergarten and then we also have a school age program. The school age program are for families who sign up for…

I'm not the person who wrote the letter (though I agree with them that the situation is bull shit). I'm not entirely sure you read the letter, given that the LW stated that he/she already spoke to the parents and nothing changed. They've already tried to handle this privately and it didn't work. Are they just supposed…

Except my family didn't do the same thing as in the article. The parents in the article apparently don't watch their kids at work and let them run around. That's a fucking problem. My parents ensured that I wasn't bothering anyone by providing things for me to do. I realize the distinction is hard.

I know exactly how many people worked in the morgue. I'm sorry if that's hard for you to swallow. There were two, including my mom during the day. The few times coworkers have brought kids to work, I haven't minded, because my coworkers are not fucking assholes who just let their kids run wild. They watched their…

Given that I was in an empty office in a morgue while my mother and her assistant did autopsies and that they were literally the only two people there at the time, I'm going guess that I wasn't a distraction. My mom would check on me while her assistant had his cigarette break. I'm sorry that this wasn't the smoking…

I'm criticizing your assertion that the coworkers of parents just need to deal with it if the parent brings the kid into work. If a parent needs to bring their kid to work because childcare options are limited/non existent, it's on them to make sure their kid is not a distraction. I have said that in literally every…

If they can't get to school to learn, they can't get to school for free babysitting, either. Also, the point of school is not free babysitting. I think you and a lot of other entitled parents have things backwards.

I recognize that being a parent is hard. I get that finding childcare is difficult. My mom used to take me to work with her when I was sick because there was literally no other option. But guess what? She made damn sure I didn't bother any one. She recognized that kid being sick was no excuse to distract her coworkers…

No; we just expect you EntitleMoos to watch your children yourself when you bring them to work, and not expect your coworkers to your job for you. You know, like an adult.

How about the kids come and bother YOU at YOUR job, okay? You and the originator of this comment thread should start the Whiny Baby Parents Club.

The utter contempt displayed by this individual for people who are not them or their children is staggering.

Ooh, sounds like you really like free roaming children, a lot. Also sounds like you really disrespect anyone working in retail. It makes me curious about what you do for a living. I think it is quite fair for someone who's career or job description does not include babysitting should not have to put up with any bad…

Hahahaha you are too much. The most meaningful thing I could do today is set a good example for kids? Seriously? Not cure cancer or save a life or work to end hunger? You're fucking absurd. Speaking of setting a good example, wouldn't it be a good thing for kids to learn that they don't have to be the center of…

This! I feel like we read so much about sexual assault and feelings and how we should all be feeling about the feelings that somehow we expect everyone to be experts and know how to comfort us specifically to the circumstance. The woman who wrote letter 2 needs to decide whether her friend just being her friend and…

She also says elsewhere that holding strangers' babies is an expectation of being human. That CANNOT BE SANE.

Letter two: Do not expect a friend to be a counselor. She may have her own stories of violence and abuse you cannot imagine. But you can. Now.

I like kids, may even get one of my own some day, but god do I hate it when people bring their kids to work. It's disruptive and unprofessional and rude to your coworkers.

Fuck people who bring their kids to work (or school!). Seriously. Those are the worst type of people. Nothing says, "I'm unprofessional and incompetent" quite like showing up to your office job or history class with screaming toddlers in tow. It is not anyone else's problem that you couldn't figure out suitable…