I am sitting here absolutely seething. You know the lady I work with...the crazy one? Her grandson lives with her, and he is a problem child. 7 years old and has already been expelled from 4 schools. So today he started a new one. Problem is, Fridays are half days and he gets out of school at 12:30.
We work in a mental health rehab center for people with serious issues combined with drug problems and so on. One of the programs we offer is money management and have "banking" every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Crazy co-worker is the one who runs banking (even though she shouldn't but that's a whole different post that I probably will never get into publicly.) So, when her gs gets here, she is downstairs and it is just assumed that I will babysit. No one asked me, no one even really bothered to tell me. When I found out by hearing her talking to our supervisor, I went and spoke with him privately and told him that this will not happen. I am not trying to be difficult, but 1) it's not my job, I have a job and I am doing it. (and blogging...shhhh) 2) if 4 schools cannot control this kid, why do I have to try? I am not a child counselor. But what irks me the most is the total lack of respect. It was just assumed that I would do it because crazy co-worker decided it was so. It is UN-frickin-believable what this woman gets away with. It just floors me. They will be leaving here at 2:30. I just gave him a whole cup full of jelly beans, they should be kicking in about the time she takes him home. I am evil. At least they weren't sugar free. Just sayin.
We work in a mental health rehab center for people with serious issues combined with drug problems and so on. One of the programs we offer is money management and have "banking" every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Crazy co-worker is the one who runs banking (even though she shouldn't but that's a whole different post that I probably will never get into publicly.) So, when her gs gets here, she is downstairs and it is just assumed that I will babysit. No one asked me, no one even really bothered to tell me. When I found out by hearing her talking to our supervisor, I went and spoke with him privately and told him that this will not happen. I am not trying to be difficult, but 1) it's not my job, I have a job and I am doing it. (and blogging...shhhh) 2) if 4 schools cannot control this kid, why do I have to try? I am not a child counselor. But what irks me the most is the total lack of respect. It was just assumed that I would do it because crazy co-worker decided it was so. It is UN-frickin-believable what this woman gets away with. It just floors me. They will be leaving here at 2:30. I just gave him a whole cup full of jelly beans, they should be kicking in about the time she takes him home. I am evil. At least they weren't sugar free. Just sayin.
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UGH. Kill her.
Unbelievable. Sometimes people are so dumb. Ugh.
I would absolutely make it clear that you are not there to "keep an eye on" or any other form of child watching! I can't believe the nerve of some people!
Ummm...no. That is completely unprofessional. I would make it clear that I am not getting paid to babysit and if she has personal issues she needs to work out, then that is up to her. It's not like I can bring my kids into work on their half days. That's just unreal.
She is clearly nuts. On a positive note, at least she doesn't have far to go when she gets checked in to the facility ;)
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