My business is largely cyclical, and I can't employ more than a couple people year round. Twice a year, though, I have to bulk up the staff quite a bit. It's hard to find people who can work hours like that, let alone qualified people. This has led me to a great untapped resource: new mothers. They're one demographic that looks at sporadic hours as a swell feature.
It also means that I'm forever accommodating unfathomably annoying kid shit. Pony lessons, Teacher Appreciation Day, judo, breastfeeding. You name it, I've had to work extra hours because of it.
This morning, we reached a new low. Her excuse:
"I'm in the middle of a job, but need to go to baby music-appreciation class."If anything shouts I'm a white person with too much goddamned free time and money, I humbly submit baby music-appreciation class.