Guilt

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Guilt
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Tue, 07-31-2007 - 10:20am

Why does the media portray working moms, always, as having guilt?


http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/07/30/hm.mommy.guilt/index.html


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Registered: 01-05-2000
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 9:07pm

I get paid for lunch because I will get interupted for fittings. Sometimes in the summer, lunch can take me almost the whole 7 hours I'm there to eat.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Registered: 01-15-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 9:10pm

curious what's behind the persistent questions,pka....ever think there may be reasons people chose to contribute back to society that aren't about the paycheck that helps pay for the expensive sports leagues,private school,college? in my life and even in my mom's old fashioned world,woh isn't about helping pay for things (those boundaries and budgets are established on one income..heck half of mom's 6 were grown and out of the house when she ctwork). it's about thinking outside a four wall home and wanting to learn something new which just happened to involve training with the internal revenue service downtown for her. i find what she did boring because i hate numbers,hate tax preparation like what she learned to do. otoh,i've committed myself to the ymca because i wanted to learn something new,too. i committed myself once to a card shop because i love their cards and considering my education in graphic design,the christmas cards me and my kids hand create every year something that sparked my interest there,too. and i may commit myself to church again like i've done in the past and school,chances willing,too.


so there you have it.....i know you've shared that if you didn't woh,you would help a shelter,charities. is that correct? i don't see an extra income part of the household budget,expenses like you've said your income contributes to. instead,i look at it the same way my mom did and the same way people might look at hobbies/outside interests. i'll fess up to being a wohm when i feel my income contributes to a household budget like working mom standards are on this board. in the meantime,i sit happily in my sahm chair. flame away. :)




Edited 8/4/2007 9:47 pm ET by egd3blessed

 

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Registered: 01-15-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 9:29pm

i wouldn't know if stores in my area have problems with self check outs or not....i'm no grocery store expert but i would presume a good reason behind those self check outs is not only to provider quicker service for the patron whose only there to buy a couple items but also safety for the store because 15 items on average is much easier to monitor than the patron whose cart is full.

my opinion based on observations of several stores with the same standards in several different cities i've lived,not just stores *here*....but i agree,not worth debating. silly really.

 

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Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 10:27pm
The grocery stores here that have self check out only allow a small number of groceries in that line. After you ring up the item and put it in the bag the bag can not be taken off the bag area until you are finished paying. So unless you only have a few things that wont work. I personally like someone else to ring and bag my groceries.
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Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 10:28pm
No you dont get what I said. It wasnt for you to agree or disagree. It was about my personal self.
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Registered: 01-15-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 10:42pm

lol. i was fooling around and found this hilarious read about self check outs lines...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/17/AR2006061700074_2.html

....love the part about the irritated shopper who calls the cops because the customer ahead purchases 26 items in the 15 or less line.

i think it is a personality thing. i prefer face to face transactions espcially with my groceries, not those kiosks.

 

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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 10:42pm

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Persistent questions?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 10:55pm

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But you know the reason why they don't have large checkouts?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 10:59pm

<<So unless you only have a few things that wont work. I personally like someone else to ring and bag my groceries. >


The large checkout areas have a revolving bag set up, I think 6-8 bags stations (with more bags behind them) as well as a large area for items that do not fit in the bag.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 01-15-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 11:00pm

you can't imagine what - that ymca swim instructors go through a weekend long course of grueling certification before teaching swim lessons? lol....you're right. i can't imagine instructors not going through a learning process like that,either. but please do consider this,i wouldn't have *learned* all the skills i wanted to without proactively solicitng my interest in something they needed help iwth (and that coupled with my swim team experience many years ago and masters swim,too helped)......bottom line - my jobs per se are hobbies/outside interests of sorts not woh standards created on boards like this.

furthermore,tell me where i am calling what you do for your kids a problem? i never said it was....but i would appreciate clarification on what you consider household budgets. i thought you shared once,maybe twice that your boys wouldn't have the opportunity to expand on their interests if it wasn't for your income. that's great but correct me if i'm wrong,isn't that a budget your income allows?

 

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