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Originally posted by Redgirl
I think people should be a little more sympathetic to parents issues whether they have kids or not. I would want some flexibility if I had children, so I won't begrudge that for someone else. Where's our sense of community?
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There have been many times where I have stayed late to cover for her if her kids are sick, or if there is an emergency. And I think that anyone with a sense of decency would do that.
But to come to me and ask me to change my schedule completely for something that can be fixed by just looking for another day care is ludicrious. First of all, it tells me that there couldn't possibly be anything more important than my co-worker's kids to me, since I don't have kids of my own. My life isn't important until I have kids. It also says that my terms of hiring are under the control of those with children, and that can change at their every whim.
I know that you weren't talking about my case specifically, but I think a lot of people in this thread are forgetting that this isn't a one time deal.