Some people assume that if you don’t have children you have nothing but time. Nowhere you have to be, no responsibilities, and certainly nothing important to get home for.
Which brings us to this week’s Whiny Wednesday topic:
Being taken advantage of at work because you don’t have kids
And, go…
Being take advantage of at work because I don’t have kids. In my case, it is mostly the comments….
Even some friends scheduled their surgeries and wanted me to take care of them through the whole process without considering my schedule. It happened to me….
Let me vent here: being immigrant, mocked for my accent (specially in the South), 12 years divorced, living by myself and being my sole provider, paying my bills, getting an education, staying fit, so on and so on…
I had to vent… and I did it ! I believe I am busy enough.
Praying for all of us !!!
Why should you lose out because you haven’t got kids! It takes confidence to stand your ground and insist you have as much right to things as they have!
Joanne. I am getting there ! I stand up for myself !
Too bad so sad when they don’t get it….
Thank you so much for your words of encouragement ! ♡♡ Much love.
What I do is I think to myself how I have as much right to time off as they have so if I did want the school holidays off I put my hand up and book them early as why should I miss out!
With regard to leaving early I stand my ground on that and I went and campaigned at my workplace for flexible working for all and for a 3pm finish for full time staff now and again in case they had appointments after work as its a nuisance that those places are only open 9 to 5 and eventually it was agreed as a temporary thing and now they have renewed it. It all came about because I felt it wasn’t fair how full time staff didn’t get the flexibility to finish early like some of the part time staff do.
A guy who sits on my table is single and was complaining that he can never get time off and my advice to him was put your hand up and ask for the days early that you want off as why should you lose out!
At my job we split the Holiday’s we’re open, I had a former boss who thought he should get all the Holidays since he had kids I could work them. I went above his head and complained. Just because I don’t have kids doesn’t mean I don’t have plans or a life, the rules are the same for everyone, kids or not, he should’ve went to another job if he never wanted to work a holiday.
Also side vent for today, I’m a huge animal lover so follow a bunch of different animal accouts on Instagram that are animal only pictures, one of the dogs I follow the owner posted her ultrasound pictures to announce the dog will be a big brother. Totally didn’t expect that because she’s never posted human photos before, only of the dog. Been having a rough week and was tough to see that unexpectedly.
This doesn’t happen in my office, but it’s starting to happen my building. We have an internal yard and the neighbors that have kids want everyone to aloud them to use the backyard for children birthday parties… I think it’s OK but, if they have that right, the rest of us should have it too. So, even if I don’t have children, I should be able to use the backyard to celebrate muy birthday or whatever event I might want to. Right?
I agree with you !
just go on and use it 🙂
yes been there done that .. coworker once said to me “oh you don’t have kids, you wouldn’t know ….” another said “better hurry up and have kids before your time’s up 🙁 🙁 🙁