This afternoon I had just answered my office phone when suddenly my cell started to vibrate across the desk. I couldn’t answer it, of course, but the number on the caller ID looked similar to that of Miss T’s daycare. I began to worry that she had gotten sick at school and they were trying to call and tell me. Then inexplicably, all reason flew out the window and I became increasingly more frantic over the course of a 15 minute phone call with a faculty member who would. Not. Shut. UP. I couldn’t focus on what he was talking about even though I needed to, and proceeded to work myself into a panicked frenzy. By the time I got off the phone and was able to check my voicemail, I was totally freaking out that MAH POOR PRESHUS BAYBEE IS SUFFERING! SHE NEEDS HER MAMA AND THEY CAN’T REACH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! (As if the daycare wouldn’t immediately try N in an emergency.) And then I listened to the voicemail, which was just the pediatrician’s office reminding me of Miss T’s check-up tomorrow morning. Oh.
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I took the dog for a walk after work, and was busily fiddling with my iPod as I crossed the entrance to a parking lot. I didn’t bother looking for cars before I stepped off the curb because…well, because honestly I didn’t think about it. Suddenly I saw motion directly off to the left, and fortunately the driver of that SUV saw me too. Oops. Maybe N should be the one to teach the kids how to look both ways before crossing the street, as it does not appear to be a skill that I possess.
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I’m curious. Theoretically, if another employee wore this:
to your business casual office – for most of the day, during regular work hours – would you find it odd?
well, not today…The Steelers are playing in the super bowl this weekend and I would just assume they were VERY EXCITED about that.
glad your little gal is ok. thanks for the NYC recommendations! mind if I ask where you stayed??
someone wore that to work?
I wouldn’t think it was odd because I’d assume they’re a rabid Steelers fan. And it’s COLD in our office, where people routinely wear scarves, mittens and sometimes, their winter coats.
To clarify, she wears this all the time, Super Bowl or no. And Steelers fans are kind of hard to come by in our neck of the woods. I don’t really have a problem with her wearing a beanie, necessarily, but the fact that she pairs it with clothes I deem too ratty to wear around the house…that is what makes it a bit of an issue.
I still think you all should stage a “Beanie Day” and see what management says.
I was going to go with the super bowl thing, but that seems to be out. We actually have certain days on which you are encouraged to wear hats, by which I assume on other days they are silently discouraging you from wearing hats. But I’m kind of a rule freak myself.