How can my employee's be so young/stupid?

Kat28655 · July 2011

My dufus employee just asked to leave early a day in August because it's her Mom's birthday. Dufus: "It's a big birthday, she going to be old" Me: "Really, how old will she be?" Dufus: "42"
I am speechless. One that she thinks 42 is old and two, that I'm nearly old enough to be Dufus's mom. Sigh...

MyPunkinPie · July 2011

Since when is 42 a "big" birthday? "Oh, she's turning the big four-two!" I've neer seen a card, banner or invitations especially for a 42nd birthday. What is this girl, like, 9? This whole thing just makes me feel stabby.

SugarChick10 · July 2011

So, you denied that leave request, right?

When did 42 become a ?big? birthday? 21..30?40?50?you get the idea. 42? Not hating on 42, I?m just curious why it?s a ?big? birthday, specifically because her mom is going to be ?old?. And why is 42 old?

I guess one way to look at it: you look too young to be what she considers ?old?, so in a lame attempt to bond with you (which would possibly make you want to give her off) she thought she?d make a dumb joke about her mom being ?old?.

Pesky · July 2011

vanverth · July 2011

I would let her off on one condition, that she calls her mother in front of you and tells HER that since she is now 42, she is old and she wants time off from work so that she can spend one of her mother's last birthdays with her. Because, you know at 42, we don't have many left.

Thank GOD I work in a profession where no one is young enough to be my child yet.

I turn 42 in September.

SugarChick10 · July 2011

vanverth:

I would let her off on one condition, that she calls her mother in front of you and tells HER that since she is now 42, she is old and she wants time off from work so that she can spend one of her mother's last birthdays with her. Because, you know at 42, we don't have many left.

ROFL!

BrideBuddies · July 2011

I'm 44. At my 25th HS class reunion last summer, I was the only one with a baby. Most of my friends are grandparents already. And their grandkids are older than Charles.

Yeah, we generally start early in rural Iowa. My friend was a teenaged mom and so was her kid. She was a grandma at 32.

Pearly609 · July 2011

That's so not funny. LOL! Maybe she had a rough life and never thought she'd make it to 42. That sounds like something my kids would say. They think anything over 30 is old!

newbee36 · July 2011

That hurts...Even though I must admit that when I was in my early 20s I though 40+something was old-ish.

I never though that 42 is a special B-Day though. LOL:)

Peppernut · July 2011

42 *is* special, but only if the mom is totally awesome.

42 is the Answer to life, the universe, and everything. If Dufus does not know this, request DENIED!

CaniacMom · July 2011

Maybe 42 is special because it is 2 x 21???

MsAng02 · July 2011

"stabby"!! BAHHAHAHA I die!! (and agree!)

ateytelb · July 2011

I will be 42 in October. I actually do feel old now. For the last couple of years I have been busy getting pregnant and taking care of a newborn and a preschooler, so I didn't really notice the big 40, Now it has finally hit me!

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