I have a lot of grievances against past coworkers with kids, but breast milk in the fridge is 100% reasonable as long as it's in a sealed container! Just like orange juice or cows milk or any liquid! I was very o.O at the breast milk complainer.
My grievances against past coworkers with kids were:
a) parents were often allowed to take leave without question if their kids were sick, whereas nonparents were harassed and criticized for taking sick leave (and sometimes even referred to HR for taking sick leave!)
b) they brought their kids to work when their kids were contagious, and got all their coworkers sick
c) they brought their kids to work, and didn't supervise them for hours, and the kids ran around shouting and screaming and getting into people's rubbish bins, and then the parents got angry if there was anything not kidsafe in the rubbish bins
d) during times of deadline crunches, they got to leave work at 3pm/5pm because of their kids, and people without kids had to stay to 7pm or even midnight
e) people with kids always got first pick of who got to take what days off work
f) if I was unwell or exhausted, people with kids would scoff at me and say "you don't know what tired is!". The fact that at the time I was coming down with a chronic illness that now has me so exhausted that I have to use a power wheelchair to leave the house and am mostly bedbound would suggest that I did, in fact, know what tired was.
I have absolutely no issue with parents who *don't* do a, b, c, d, e or f.
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My grievances against past coworkers with kids were:
a) parents were often allowed to take leave without question if their kids were sick, whereas nonparents were harassed and criticized for taking sick leave (and sometimes even referred to HR for taking sick leave!)
b) they brought their kids to work when their kids were contagious, and got all their coworkers sick
c) they brought their kids to work, and didn't supervise them for hours, and the kids ran around shouting and screaming and getting into people's rubbish bins, and then the parents got angry if there was anything not kidsafe in the rubbish bins
d) during times of deadline crunches, they got to leave work at 3pm/5pm because of their kids, and people without kids had to stay to 7pm or even midnight
e) people with kids always got first pick of who got to take what days off work
f) if I was unwell or exhausted, people with kids would scoff at me and say "you don't know what tired is!". The fact that at the time I was coming down with a chronic illness that now has me so exhausted that I have to use a power wheelchair to leave the house and am mostly bedbound would suggest that I did, in fact, know what tired was.
I have absolutely no issue with parents who *don't* do a, b, c, d, e or f.