Since returning from the Christmas & New Year break, people in my office have been coming up to me and saying, 'Have you had the baby yet..?'
These are people who are on some of the highest salary positions in my organisation, highly intelligent people, responsible for making decisions that resonate across the entire workplace, and I have to bite my tongue to stop myself being sarcastic at them. The temptation to look at my watch and say, 'She's probably squeezing the head out about now...' is really quite large.
I have taken to saying, 'Not yet, hence I'm still in the office!'. This makes them say things like, 'Good point!' and 'True!' whilst pointing a pinkie in the air. Then they wish me good luck and, if they're parents themselves will offer a bon mot or a recollection before wandering back to their desks.
It's lovely that they ask. It's just a bit daft.
These are people who are on some of the highest salary positions in my organisation, highly intelligent people, responsible for making decisions that resonate across the entire workplace, and I have to bite my tongue to stop myself being sarcastic at them. The temptation to look at my watch and say, 'She's probably squeezing the head out about now...' is really quite large.
I have taken to saying, 'Not yet, hence I'm still in the office!'. This makes them say things like, 'Good point!' and 'True!' whilst pointing a pinkie in the air. Then they wish me good luck and, if they're parents themselves will offer a bon mot or a recollection before wandering back to their desks.
It's lovely that they ask. It's just a bit daft.
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