Need a good excuse for why you're late to/absent from work? The Office Kid kit lets you pretend to have a child, which you can then use as an excuse for your questionable work ethic. Each kit comes with a framed picture of a child (ethnicity of your choice), a work of children's art, and a list of suggested excuses. For additional fees, you can have the child photoshopped into a sports team picture or a doctor's note on official-looking stationery.
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I can't tell you how tired I got of watching staff all around me just disappear for "kids stuff!" People you need work from, people who are alleged to be part of the team... but it's 1:00pm on Friday - "oo sorry... Josh has a dentist appointment. See ya Monday!" It was epidemic at my last company.
Then there are smokers who take ten minute breaks twice an hour...
This actually might help. Supposedly people think of parents and married people as more responsible than single folk.
Now I regret all those times I worked instead of taking time off for "kid stuff".
Have you heard the story about the man on his deathbed who wished he'd spent more time at work? No neither have I.
ps: single Mum 'ey? I always wondered why your name wasn't Mrs Cellania ;)
The unfairness of living in a society that privileges child-rearing! Ugh!
And it's people who do that that make this kit so funny.