I'm not an AKA, but I have been surfing through the forums looking for those XO post, to see if they spread to the individual sorority/fraternity forums, luckily I haven't come across one. Anyway, I saw this and I wanted to comment.
I also saw the beginning ot the Today show with that bit about childless workers. The lady 'denise' who said she took her vacation time to take care of her kids, or sick time or didn't get paid, she made a good point. She is taking the time she is allotted. However, she made the comment that the childless woman could take off to take care of her cat. This made me think. . . if I were to tell my employer that I needed to take off to take care of my cat, I would probably be critisized for it. I think a lot of work places are like this. What sounds worse, I'm taking time off to take care of my kids? OR I'm taking time off to take care of my cat? I garantee that employers will look down upon the person taking care of their cat. It just doesn't 'sound good' or sounds 'sketchy' and I think that is a problem.
Another point they brought up is companies are trying to be more family oriented. They are alloting more vaction time for people with kids, that is discriminatory.
What made me laugh though, One lady said that child-free people, by taking on more work at the workplace, are doing their duty because they are helping that child 'grow' into the future. She said that When we are all eighty, that child will be our doctor and we (childless people) should have a responsibility to make sure that child grows up the best doctor he/she can. Give me a break! All of a sudden now I"M responsible for my neighbor's kids too??? Whatever!
Anyway, I feel lucky in my 3 person office. I don't have to deal with this at all.
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