Nisa sent me this e-mail on a Job Description for being a parent.
POSITION :
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop
JOB DESCRIPTION :
Long term, team players needed, for challenging,
permanent work in an often chaotic environment.
Candidates must possess excellent communication
and organizational skills and be willing to work
variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends
and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities!
Travel expenses not reimbursed.
Extensive courier duties also required.
Do you really think they knew what they where getting themselves into?
RESPONSIBILITIES :
The rest of your life Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily,until someone needs $5.Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule
and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat
in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges,
such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets
and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and
coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings
for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be a willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
janitorial work throughout the facility.
I may have missed it but was color coding your clothes to match you car part of the description?
POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :
None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills,
so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you
I remember packing boxes from one house to the other by putting them in the wagon. Great memories in both homes.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :
None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.
Wow look at that girl in the suit!
WAGES AND COMPENSATION :
Get this! You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them
become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more..
BENEFITS :
While no health or dental insurance, no pension,
no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and
no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love,
and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.
Thanks for taking the job......We all love you!
Happy 50 years of doing a job well done :)
Thanks Sherry. I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything. I have been well paid.
ReplyDeleteThere is job advancement- grandparents! Where you can play and spoil all day and then give them back. Thanks for the jog down memory lane. It was good to see the great upbringing we had.
ReplyDeleteThat was awesome Sherry! Thanks to Mom and Dad for sticking with the job!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look like you need my help Sherry. You can still copy my cruise pictures if you need to.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry, that is wonderful.
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