Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Hello! I am killing time in the internet cafe waiting for the post office to reopen after lunch. I ask you, who closes a whole post office just to eat?? Anyway, I wanted to fill you in on my last couple of days at work.

I was told by a mother that I "ruined her daughters day" on Sunday. Yay! That's part of my job description.... Not really. I was the gallery atendant for the children's interactive gallery we have at work. There is a soft play area there for the kiddies who are under 1 metre tall. It no longer goes on age, as it was deemed dangerous to put a big 4 year old in with a small 2 year old. You can guess why. Anyway, I was feeling particularly lenient, and I told the girl and her mother when they came in that the girl was too tall for the soft play area (which she clearly was), but I was nice and told her that she could go in until other small kids came in then I would have to ask her to leave that area and do another activity. Obviously not pleased, but that's not my problem. I was approached by the mother some 5 minutes later telling me "If you don't mind me saying this, but you have ruined my daughter's day. She is only 4 years old, and was looking forward to playing in there. I am trying not to give her a complex about being tall, and you have not helped one bit" or words to that effect, then started blubbering and ran out of the room. I just giggled, as I knew I had done nothing wrong, and quite frankly, she will give her poor child a complex if she treats her like that. I told the manager, who said that I was in the right, and there was nothing to worry about at all. We decided that it was not me who ruined the child's day, but her mother ruining her life. We all had a good laugh!!

I saw weeping willows today that had had "haircuts". :-)

I am going to meet an old school friend today. I have not seen her since the end of first year uni I think. Will be really weird to see her, but nice to catch up too I think.

Hope you are all well. :-)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Did you get a pic of the "weeping willows ... that had had "haircuts"?
PmR