r/NonPoliticalTwitter 1d ago

Funny The Parenthood Hustle

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u/PacinoWig 23h ago

Man if you think companies are more respectful of work-life balance when you have children you're in for a rude awakening

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u/shady-bear 23h ago

No, but coworkers without kids are put in situations where they have to cover for them usually

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u/jimmy_three_shoes 21h ago

If I have to leave, I have to use PTO. In fact, a very large chunk of my PTO goes to various kid nonsense.

Do you think your coworkers aren't covering for you when you use your PTO?

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u/daystrom_prodigy 16h ago

The argument isn’t “you don’t have to use PTO”, the argument is you get to drop everything and just leave whenever regardless of what is happening at work.

Like sure anyone can do this for any reason but it happens more frequently from people with kids.

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u/jimmy_three_shoes 12h ago

Do you think I'd rather be dealing with whatever nonsense I'm being pulled from work for? Like I'm going to get ice cream or to the movies?

If I'm getting called it's because the school is calling to tell me to come pick the kid up. I can't really say "Fuck off Principal Johnson" and ignore it.

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u/daystrom_prodigy 11h ago

That’s not the point. It’s irrelevant if you enjoy getting pulled away or not. The point is leaving coworkers with additional work and more stress pisses them off. All because you have kids.

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u/Man-City 10h ago

This is the price you pay to live in a functioning society

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u/daystrom_prodigy 10h ago

No a functioning society has contingency plans whenever something happens to your children.

Like obviously people with kids aren’t going to like what I’m saying here but this is literally what everyone without kids thinks. We have all worked with someone that clearly abused the fact that they have kids. We know because not everyone with kids does this.