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This is something that also chaps my ass - bad ass kids with the best money can buy. Why?!?!
Help me understand why Man-Man can fail all his classes & cuss the teacher out, but he's wearing the latest, most expensive gear & has a video game set up that would bring a tear to Sony's eye. Help me understand why Kee-Kee won't get up off her lazy ass, sweep the floor, take out the trash or wash a dish, but she goes to the salon for pampering like clockwork, as if she has a damn job. These things are a priviledge, not a damn birthright. These lil fuckers have gotten over like a fat rat!
With the exception of having too much mouth & being way too sassy (I've got memories of the split lips to prove it), I was a pretty good kid. I certainly didn't have everything I wanted, but now that I am grown, I realize I did have everything I needed.
I used to be envious of kids who had 'things' (like Jordache jeans & Colecovision to name a couple), I didn't when I knew damn well I was more deserving than they were. Just didn't seem fair. I now know that my mother was taking care of us using her widow's pension & my grandparent's were also retired & not even trying to hear about spending that kind of money on material things.
As the old folks say, we live and we learn & they ain't never lied.
I promised myself that if I ever had kids (and I did way too soon), I'd go to the end of the Earth to provide him/her with some of the things he/she wanted, providing he/she was deserving,
Those who know me, know my boy had a different idea. I, in turn, let the punishment fit the crime. The last video game system I purchased was a Sega Genesis (trust that I still play me some Sonic on ocassion).
He was about 12 the last time he had a birthday party, the last time he saw his name on a box under the tree & the last time he traveled for anything other than a funeral.
Tennis shoes that costs more than one of my utility bills were definitely out of the question. He did get lucky a few times tho when I found a BOGO 1/2 off sale & I could cop a pair also. I've even gone so far as to prepare a steak & shrimp dinner (one of his favs) and not offer him a bite. It's Top Ramen or Chef Boyardee for you son.
The law states I have to provide adequate food, clothing & shelter. It says nothing about spending my hard earned dollar on the latest & greatest for an ingrate. He didn't do what he I required of him, so I only did what the law required of me.
Most of my friends say I'm a mean-ass moma & was too harsh. Damn that. I work too hard to give my money to an undeserving anybody....especially one I gave birth too.
As always, the floor is open.
Our office manager (white female) just came to me about a mailroom employee (black female & her direct report) who is wearing an Obama pin on her blouse. She said she recalled these kinds of expressions (religious, political, etc.) being banned at one point. Since she's been here for 29 years, I'm sure she does. (Side note: The company was founded in 1921 and the first black employee (the receptionist) was hired in 1982).
I politely told the manager that unless this woman is rallying, campaigning, etc. on the company dime, she could wear her button. She then mentioned, slyly, "I hope people don't start wearing Clinton or McCain pins." I again told her, if it's just a pin on their person, it's not an issue.
What's your employer's stance on this type of issue?
