Our working moms contest got so many great entries that we wanted to share some of them with you. So over the next few days or so, we’ll be letting you read the best of the best. You working moms are some of the most hard working (and funniest) people on the planet. Don’t worry, we’ll tell you who won in a few days, but first enjoy a few of the entries that made us laugh.
I took a coveted day off of work to attend my preschooler’s first field trip. I couldn’t miss that, now could I? My office mates felt otherwise… While we tramped through a garden and about a wooded area my iPhone, which I’d thrown in my pocket, went off every few minutes…But I thought I was pretty discrete, and did keep it on vibrate to keep the interruptions to a minimum. So I thought… One of the three year olds with our group noticed during a presentation. He piped up in his extra-loud voice, “Your vibrator keeps going off! You aren’t supposed to do that at school.” Mortification – to the highest degree. – Kim T
My daughter is the only girl of five kids. She’s always teased in our family for her bossy ways and her self-proclamation as “the lil’ mama” of the house. It was evident when a few years back I complained of possible food poisoning after dining out with the kids. I awoke the next morning to a phone call from grandma telling me that my daughter had left her a voice message to come over and take care of me because I was sick. After a brief talk with my daughter praising her for being so concerned and priding myself for having raised such an empathetic child, I was shocked back to reality when she urged me to take it easy around the house as she’d also speed dialed my boss the night before and told her that I wouldn’t be coming in to work either! My boss said she’d received the message at 2am-my daughter had apparently remembered to call on her way to go potty in the middle of the night! My daughter’s response…”you should be glad I cared, the boys didn’t even give it a second thought!” My lil’ angel!!! – Ronita J.
I took my daughter to work with me one Saturday morning. I introduced her to my new boss, who had been forcing me to work lots of overtime and come in early several mornings a week. My daughter, apparently, felt the same frustration as I did with my new “schedule”. When I introduced her she said, “I don’t like you because you are SO MEAN to MY MOMMY!” I almost fell over. – Tracy H.
I had just started a new job in home health care. After I finished my shift I met up with my husband and kids at my son’s baseball practice. I was talking to a friend about the new job and my oldest son chimed in (in front of the whole team and parents) ya, can you believe she gets paid $10 an hour to give old people a shower! I was speechless, but looking back it was funny. – Jaime S.
Back in ‘97 I had a baby girl and lucky for us, I returned to work two weeks later and brought her with me. I worked at a natural foods store, then and greeted everyone who came through the door with a, “Hi, there.” Three months later, we discovered my daughter was very verbally advanced when she started mimicking me. After I acknowledged each customer, a small voice chimed in from the middle of the store with a, “Hi.” The confused person would scan the store, looking for the source of the greeting, only to be left wondering. Again she would say, “Hi.” and the customer would finally see the baby seat resting on the table with the tiny infant in it…talking. There was no trick, no gag; they would approach slowly and almost jump when she repeated her greeting. She developed quickly from there and was later holding captivating conversations with all the adults and of course, amazing them. She still visits my various jobs and always impresses with her wit and charm. At one job, she engaged my boss in intimate conversation for 20 minutes before my boss excused herself. My daughter then asked me, so, when do I meet your boss? Unaware that she’s just been dishing with her. My daughter was embarrassed and I was worried what she may have revealed! My daughter has gone on to draw a whole comic about my boss and co-workers, giving them all superpowers and superhero names. Everyone loves it and feels included, while I am “just” the proud mom. – Alexis S.
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