Thursday, March 02, 2006
The Effect of Babies in the Office
From time to time coworkers and ex-coworkers like to bring their brats offspring to the office for a visit. I find it amusing that the majority of the women in the office all crowd around the baby making googly noises and chatting up a storm with the mother. Most everyone in the office loves visiting babies.
Then the mom comes over to my little group of web developers (who have remained huddled at our desks hoping the baby will go away). We look over and see the mother with child, then have a somewhat stilted conversation that sounds something like this:
“Hi guys! I brought [insert baby name] along for a visit!”
“Oh! Hi [insert mom’s name]! ...And hello there… little guy… So… how old is he now?”
“He’s [insert age in months] and will be [one extra month] old next week!”
“Wow… that’s great.”
“Been busy much?”
“Oh… yeah. Busy as usual. You know how it is.”
“Yeah I remember, it never lets up does it?”
“Nope.”
*Baby makes gurgling noises*
“Well I better get going, it was great seeing you guys!”
“Yeah! Good seeing you… bye...”
She then moves on to the next group and another conversation ensues, only much more animated because the audience is actually interested in the baby.
I wonder if people think I’m weird? I have no motherly instincts. I look at babies like cute little… aliens. I have nothing to say to them. I don’t want to hold them. I feel awkward around them. I’m relieved when they leave. But at least I fit right in with the other awkward-around-babies web developer coworkers. Saftety in numbers.
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