# Kids in the @&%#ing workplace **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068 "2000-09-13T20:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/21 "2000-09-14T11:51:21Z")
It would depend on the type of workplace, and how well behaved the kids would be. I wasn’t here that Saturday, but **something** happened Labor Day weekend which resulted in absolutly no children being allowed here anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/22 "2000-09-14T12:17:08Z")
Kels, if you have clam chowder at your desk, I don’t want to be there…I don’t think that I want to know why exactly that is a bad thing either 😛 As for tea, you’ll just have to take over the national Tim Horton’s account and give me a ‘reason’ to be there! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/23 "2000-09-14T12:18:34Z")
As for the OP, we love having kids at my workplace… gives us a reason to goof off for a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/24 "2000-09-14T13:50:16Z")
I could really go for a tea and some blueberry timbits this morning… _hint_ ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/25 "2000-09-14T14:14:42Z")
Ang, Me too! Zette ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/26 "2000-09-14T14:23:46Z")
Kelli says: > [@](#): > > we smiled all morning from the mamory of the sweet smile on the little ones face. Yeah, mammories often put a sweet smile on my face, too! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/27 "2000-09-14T15:25:05Z")
I know someone who manages a liquoir store and was interviewing potential hires. A few people brought their kids with them. Huh uh. Inappropriate and unprofessional-not to mention it’s a liquior store for FUCK’S SAKE! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/28 "2000-09-14T15:43:19Z")
Like most situations, this totally depends on the kids and the parents. Where I work, people occasionally bring their kids to work with them. Most parents are aware that work needs to be done, and the kids tend to stay in their parents’ office, playing quietly, reading, or drawing. This kids are no problem. On the other hand, there are the parents whose kids come in and they yak continuously, run around, and generally create a distraction. These kids (and their parents) should be disciplined! God knows, there’s enough distractions at work as it is - I don’t need loud children keeping me from getting stuff done. As far as bringing in a newborn to show off, most people seem to like this. I say “most people” because I, for one, am terrified of newborns. I feel like I’ll break them by looking at them, and I do NOT want to hold it. I suspect this might change if/when I have children of my own. To get back on topic, I have rarely seen a newborn create a distraction. It’s the 12 people milling around the newborn who are distracting, and that’s their fault, not the kids or the parents. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/29 "2000-09-14T15:52:25Z")
Tea and blueberry timbits? Do you guys think I get that crap for free? Oops, yeah I do!! I’m on the way! Anyone else while I’m making deliveries? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068/30 "2000-09-14T17:33:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > Kids in the workplace? WTF? It’s _WORK\_PLACE_!! Hello! If you are not working you don’t belong there! Much less if you are obstructing other people from WORKing. > > The mother is proud of her kid? yes, so what? I’m mighty proud of my dick and I don’t go around showing it to everybody unless they ask. And definitely _not_ in the workplace. > > As I said in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38175) thread, children do not belong in adult social gatherings, much less in the workplace. **sailor** , I noticed in [that](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38175) thread that you posted at 10:26 AM on a Tuesday. Were you posting from work? 😉 I stopped showing my penis at work because even though I was proud of it, everyone else laughed at it and pulled out a magnifying glass. :mad: So I will state that you have chosen wisely, grasshopper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-ing-workplace/33068.md?page=1)