MOM~JOB DESCRIPTION {kinda long...but cute}

United States
July 12, 2008 4:58pm CST
So I just got the cutest email and thought I should share it with everyone who is interested enought to read it... POSITION: Mother, Mom, Momma, Mommy, Ma JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often! chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and orginizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts oncall. 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. You 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 indispensible on minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of half a million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but prepare 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: Virtually 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 unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis. WAGES & 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 whateer 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 and free hugs for life if you play your cards right.
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• India
15 Jul 08
I just loved the end lines so much. Being a mom, I can related totally to the post. It’s a thankless job to be sure, but it has its own reward mechanism. But the post sure forgets one thing…though the job is bad enough and stressful no doubt, you do get paid handsomely at the very beginning…the first smile of the life coming out of you is reward enough for the ensuing troubles of the job itself.
• United States
15 Jul 08
I completely agree. You also get rewarded with the first step, giggle, word, date, and car. You also get rewarded with the wedding and seeing them that happy. And, of course, you get the joy of watching them become parents and see just how hard it really can be :P "Having children is hereditary...if your parents didn't have any, you won't either." Thanks so much for the post :D
• India
11 Aug 08
Thnx for the BR to motherhood
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Jul 08
mygirls thats downright daunting and would make a prospective mom run the other way really fast. free hugs sounds good but otherwise no, no,nada, no way.lol. OfcourseI did go through all thatand itwas fun sometimes, and not other times but yes I suppose if I could go bac k in time I would do it all over again, mores the pity..
• United States
12 Jul 08
I have 2 girls of my own and 3 step-children (2 girls, 1 boy) and I can say I have definitely been through some of this stuff already :D Thanks for the response :D