#ooc

Yup.

They're making stepmom work every other day at the office which is SO DUMB

Dad is working remote most of the time but he still has to go to ocassional on-site inspections, he said when he went to a shop in Missouri NO ONE was wearing a mask in the entire shop, except the receptionist. And Him.

Ugh. Ihave to be around the wider public every day but at least everyone is masked and we are cleaning frequently and have disposable gloves.

I don't wanna go back

Do you have to go to a in-person work thing, Cat?

Classes start monday

oh I thought it was online

I have "hybrid" ones

one all online, two mixed

and I'm not sure how things will work out with production responsibilities

I have to go in today

apparently the shop is a disaster

here, I thought Wendy did some clean up before she took leave

and she's not back until monday

and I... am curious if she'll be back, tbh.

She had a baby

Those can be distracting

Baby #4!

yikes that's a lot of distracting

By today's averages, that's impressive

She also got into issues last year with HR because her 4 year old was in the shop 3 days a week

and while her daughter is a very good 4 year old, she's still a 4 year old

Yeah, there could be liability issues there if nothing else.

YUP

so I don't know what the daycare situation is there - her husband doesn't work

he decided to go to school, he gets free tuition as her husband

and that is why Emily was in the shop, when he was at class

now, I tink, if you are too damn broke for daycare, and you have a parent not working, the solution seems to be "wait until kids are in school" before taking day classes

but what do I know?

You are not wrong, Cat. And if she doesn't come back, there goes that tuition....

yup

and her insurance

ouch

But she's not the smartest soul

That is unfortunate.

yeah

she's a very... me/thee republican

I have not encountered that phrase before. Can you explain?

rules for thee but not for me

it's okay when I do it

Aaaahhhhh....... got it.

Relies on the Shirley Exception?

yup

had been vocal about lazy people on welfare

Ggggrrr.....

but boy howdy did she jump when I found her a program for childcare subsidies

Right?

and dammit, I did help her find help. she's the sole breadwinner for a large family

and she DOES work hard