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Enjoy and relax!</li><li>(At 12.00): Have a nice evening!</li><li>Unfortunately, the meeting can only take place in the afternoon, so you won’t be able to attend.</li><li>Why do you have to leave? Parent: Because I have kids to pick up. Colleague: <a href="https://readmedium.com/some-days-ago-sandra-and-jackson-sat-in-an-afternoon-meeting-crunching-numbers-when-sarah-suddenly-50d0c38d7f3">So what?</a> <a href="undefined">Tom Fenske</a></li><li>Sure, we can make it so you can leave on time to pick up your kids. (5 mins later): You’ll finish the presentation today, right? I need it tomorrow.</li><li>(Your team is talking about a project that is news to you): Oh, you were already gone yesterday when we discussed that…</li><li>I didn’t have you in mind at all for this project — it would be too demanding.</li><li>I’m not sure a promotion would mean that much to you. I’m sure your focus is more on your family,</li><li>You’re not here on Mondays or Wednesdays. When <i>are</i> you in the office?</li><li>It’s hard to plan with you. You’re never here.</li><li>How can we reach you tomorrow at home? You’re available, aren’t you?</li><li>Oh, you’ve become quite emotional since you had the baby.</li><li>You look tired again. Did you have a bad night’s sleep?</li><li>Why are the kids sick so often? Is that normal?</li><li>You’re sick? Again?</li><li>There won’t be another one, will there?</li><li>Have you got a bun in the oven again?</li><li>Great, the weekend is here! What are your plans!?</li><li>You’re still here?</li></ol><p id="b058">These are just a few of the comments I’ve heard and hear fr

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om other parents.</p><p id="3a95"><b>Can you think of any other sentences you cannot bear to hear any more?</b></p><p id="6eed"><i>Live, Love, <b>Laugh </b></i>😂<i>,</i></p><p id="ea51"><i>Kristina</i></p><p id="dcaf"><b>PS: Wait, there’s more for desperate ‘Crunch Time Parents’:</b></p><div id="a811" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/were-crunch-time-parents-aren-t-we-dba08dfb0b6f"> <div> <div> <h2>We’re Crunch Time Parents, Aren’t We?</h2> <div><h3>Have you ever experienced ‘crunch time’? According to the Cambridge dictionary, it is “a point where something…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*egy9cJNHqHcqidPoLz3AzA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="135b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-no-one-tells-you-about-parenthood-and-partnership-7b4c95022eff"> <div> <div> <h2>What No One Tells You About Parenthood and Partnership</h2> <div><h3>Either you separate or you grow closer together</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*zvk-Ou4eXRQOmHcfC4H9hQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

24 Comments Parents With Part-Time Jobs Cannot Bear To Hear Anymore

Congratulations! As a working parent, you’ve achieved the impossible — you ‘have it all’: a family and a career.

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But let’s be honest: having it all includes having to constantly listen to the offhand remarks of colleagues who don’t quite understand what’s involved.

Juggling Family And The Job Is A Full-Time Job

Day after day, you juggle the kids and the job, seeking some kind of balance between the two.

Really, you’ve already got enough on your plate. But unfortunately, your colleagues don’t make it any easier with their comments about part-time employees.

Since working parents need a to-do list for everything, here’s a…

List of unhelpful phrases from the office:

  1. You’re leaving already?
  2. Leaving at midday? You’ve got it made!
  3. I’d like to have it as good as you do.
  4. I’d like to have a relaxing afternoon off too.
  5. Free already? Take me with you!
  6. Enjoy and relax!
  7. (At 12.00): Have a nice evening!
  8. Unfortunately, the meeting can only take place in the afternoon, so you won’t be able to attend.
  9. Why do you have to leave? Parent: Because I have kids to pick up. Colleague: So what? Tom Fenske
  10. Sure, we can make it so you can leave on time to pick up your kids. (5 mins later): You’ll finish the presentation today, right? I need it tomorrow.
  11. (Your team is talking about a project that is news to you): Oh, you were already gone yesterday when we discussed that…
  12. I didn’t have you in mind at all for this project — it would be too demanding.
  13. I’m not sure a promotion would mean that much to you. I’m sure your focus is more on your family,
  14. You’re not here on Mondays or Wednesdays. When are you in the office?
  15. It’s hard to plan with you. You’re never here.
  16. How can we reach you tomorrow at home? You’re available, aren’t you?
  17. Oh, you’ve become quite emotional since you had the baby.
  18. You look tired again. Did you have a bad night’s sleep?
  19. Why are the kids sick so often? Is that normal?
  20. You’re sick? Again?
  21. There won’t be another one, will there?
  22. Have you got a bun in the oven again?
  23. Great, the weekend is here! What are your plans!?
  24. You’re still here?

These are just a few of the comments I’ve heard and hear from other parents.

Can you think of any other sentences you cannot bear to hear any more?

Live, Love, Laugh 😂,

Kristina

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