QOTD

[geekchick]

Take-Your-Child-To-Work Day never made much sense to me. Unless you're someone cool like Tony Hawk or Batman, showing kids the reality of the workplace just seems outright cruel. Cubicles, meetings, TPS reports -- I mean really, while you're at it, why not just crush all of their hopes and dreams and tell them that Santa Claus died in a mid-air collision with the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny was run over while trying to save the world's last candy factory, and that there would never be any birthday parties ever again. It's practically the same thing.

- Alex Papadimoulis, The Daily WTF

The post is titled "The Big Red Button" and starts out talking about Take Your Child To Work Day; I'm sure you all see where this is going.

Comments

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Eh? My kids like visiting my workplace, especially the robots and space gear.

[geekchick]

Most workplaces don't have robots and space gear, however.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(nods) granted, but my point was that it is workplace-dependent. Not all workplaces are soulless office clones... among my siblings, I have the rocket-scientist gig, but my sister is a firefighter and paramedic, and my brother has a consulting business that teaches alcohol awareness in companies and works with brewpubs around Atlanta. I think that kids could find either of those interesting. (bright! red! shiny! ;)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

And my job would be fascinating for kids to watch, but my clients might have an issue with that happening... ;)

[macropixi.livejournal.com]

I was never allowed to visit my father at work. Maybe it had something to do with all the certifiably insane people he worked with.

[stitchinthyme.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. Every now and then Corporate sends out a request for people to allow local teenagers to "shadow" them around their jobs for a few hours, and I always think, "What in the heck could I show them that they'd actually be interested in?" Obviously, I never volunteer for these things.