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Honeybee
11-12-2007, 07:30 PM
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.


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 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.


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


PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :

None required unfortunately.

On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.


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.


Forward this on to all the PARENTS you know, in appreciation for
everything they do on a daily basis, letting them know they are
appreciated for the fabulous job they do...or forward with love to
anyone thinking of applying for the job.


** AND A FOOTNOTE "THERE IS NO RETIREMENT -- EVER!!! **

rosebud314
11-12-2007, 08:14 PM
Amen, Amen, Amen:eek:

Honeybee
11-12-2007, 08:31 PM
It's goes on and on and on and on

SewAddicted
11-12-2007, 08:51 PM
Cute! :) With my sons so spread apart in age, I have been paying for a babysitter for over 29 years. :(

Honeybee
11-12-2007, 08:52 PM
Ohhhh, poor you. Can't you get one of the older ones to babysit

rosebud314
11-12-2007, 10:50 PM
Guess, when you decide to have a baby you sign on for life. It's worth every minute of it, though. I wouldn't trade my daughters for anything.

Terrie
11-12-2007, 10:52 PM
Got that one in my email a couple days ago. I just love it!

rosebud314
11-12-2007, 10:55 PM
I like this so much, I'm gonna share it with some of my friends.

sew blessed
11-12-2007, 11:03 PM
:) I love that one, I had to read it again. So true!

Terrie
11-12-2007, 11:35 PM
It is, and it is the only job that ever meant anything really, and the most important part of my life!

Snyder.crafting
11-19-2007, 07:48 PM
So true, So true.

kurthco
11-20-2007, 09:47 PM
I love this one. I'm reading while my 10 month old won't go to bed.
Think I should stop and rock her to sleep....time just flies when they are little!

SewCrazy
11-21-2007, 05:45 PM
That is a good one!!! So true...

dramaw
11-21-2007, 06:41 PM
Being a mom takes no experience...it's on the job training,,,with several mistakes along the way...but you learn and do the best you can...Your job is never finished even when they are grown,,,they still need mom for things..and then come the grands that you help raise...So don't even entertain the thought of retirement....LOL But it's worth every minute of it....