Be respectful!

There is a girl at work who annoys me in many many ways. She's always looking for attention and oftentimes acts in a very unprofessional manner. She also always has such negative comments about children. Last semester at TU CARES she was talking about how she couldn't stand little kids (she went to a 3 year's old bday party) and that she would be waiting a long time to have them. ok, great, that's her personal opinion, except she didn't stop there. She went on to say that anyone having kids at a young age was crazy, etc, etc. Awesome, thanks for sharing! We won't talk about my opinions of her social excursions.

Last week we had a shower for Brigid in marketing who is expecting her first baby at the end of this month. It was such a nice shower...not very many people attended, but everyone was able to sit around the table, enjoy lunch and have a nice conversation. Brigid was so suprised and excited! Anyway, the same work girl shows up after the shower has ended and says that she brought a gift and just wants to grab something to eat before she goes back downstairs. Fine. As she's gathering food she's remarking to another co-worker in her department about how she doesn't like kids. She's telling a story about being in a restaurant last week where there was a baby crying, letting the co-worker know that she told her dinner companion that the parents needed to "shut that baby up". All I could think to myself was how incredibly inappropriate it was to a. show up late and b. talk at a BABY shower about how she can't stand babies.

My reason for sharing this is first to vent. This co-worker constantly talks about her committment to diversity and complains about comments that others have made that she feels are offensive. Family status, in my opinion is a diversity issue. It bothers me that she is so insensitive. HA! I am getting so sensative in my old age ;)