Remember how Veggie has been working for me in the church office for the past few weeks?
Well perhaps it's not a good idea.
The mother/daughter relationship is fraught with enough pitfalls and perils without adding the strains of an employer/employee relationship to it as well - for listen to what happened when a certain employee was late for work yesterday.
Oh, but I'm getting ahead of myself here. . .
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At 8:00 a.m. I called to Veggie from the foot of the stairs at home. . .
Me: Veg? (I call her that for short, you know . . . it's somehow more endearing. . . ) Veg?
Veggie: Wha?????
Me: Listen. I know you were out until 2:30 in the morning again, but you have to get to work as soon as you can. We've got a big funeral today and I need you in the office before 9:00. I'm leaving now. Did you hear that?
Veggie: Yeah. . .
Me: Promise me you'll get up????
Veggie: Yeah. . . .
So when she still hadn't appeared at 9:25, I placed a call to her in desperation. . .
Veggie: Whaaa????
Me: Did I just wake you up???
Veggie: Whaaa???? Oh . . . I mean. . . . No. . . .
Me: Are you on your way into work???
Veggie: Almost.
Me: (Under my breath, 'cause I never curse out loud. . . especially in the church office. . . ) Jesus Christ!
Veggie: I am not a piece of crap!!!! And don't you call me that again!!!!
And with those parting words, Veggie hung up on me.
7 comments:
Kids! What the hell are they good for if you can't count on them to help you out.
How in the hell did she get "piece of crap" out of "Jesus Christ"
Oh that's right, she just woke up.. but not really.
Good luck with all that
But did she come to work after she hung up on you?
Look on the bright side: at least she didn't accuse you of blasphemy....
:))
And this is exactly why my jobless teenager doesn't have a summer job in my office. I'd hate to have to fire her.
Hard to parent and boss. Gonna be a long summer...
But maybe she'll feel bad and become the ideal worker. It could happen, right?
ouch.
Brody and I had a little set-to the other day. I never fight with my kid (well, he's 28 now, it's somewhat futile...)
Finally, we made up (he made me SOOOO mad by not doing what he said he would do and thereby inconveniencing others).
Then he told ThatManILove....
"I don't think Mom's EVER been that mad at me. I was so wrong."
So, I guess, sometimes, it's okay.
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