Oh and...

[fingertrouble]

Having hear months of 'X has a child' this strikes a chord:

Suffer the little children
"Why has Colleague X been given a parking space?"

"Because she has children. She has to do the school run."

"And that would be why she gets her teaching scheduled for post-10am and pre-4pm?"

"Yes, she has to arrange child care."

"And that would be why she's done no research for five years, and why we have to cover for her at the drop of a hat?"

"Er, yes."

LISTEN UP BREEDERS! So you gave the gift of a child to the world. Thanks a fucking bunch. It doesn't make you special, it doesn't make you a better person, it does not give you some unique and lofty perspective on the world, and it certainly should not entitle you to a bloody car parking space. You made a lifestyle choice; deal with it. And if you ever, ever say to me "if you had kids you'd understand" then I'll unleash the paedophiles.

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[viridescence]

This pisses me off to no end. My husband has a co-worker who constantly uses the fact that she has two children as an excuse to get out of doing the work that's required of her. It's as if she's the only parent there. Another co-worker decided two weeks before the new school term was to start that she did not want to return from her maternity leave.

People like this give a bad name to working mothers who would never dream of inconveniencing their co-workers or requesting special privileges because of it.