I Am Not a Babysitter

...but I can be for a price.

At my work, there are meetings and events. And normally the adults partaking in these meetings and events leave the kids at home unless it is appropriate to bring them here.

On the rare occasion (like today) when a parent thinks their kids can entertain themselves here while Mommy attends a two-hour meeting, I become a babysitter. Because no kids related to each other can entertain themselves in a work environment for two hours.

I basically get paid to sit on my ass, doing homework and getting up only on the rare occasion I need to help someone...but helping little kids not die of boredom is not on my list of duties. If someone throws a few extra dollars my way, I'll put on a puppet show or something, but until then, they can continue to lie prone on the ground near death from the tediousness of it all.

At least they're not acting up. Good kids, dying without a whimper. I almost like them.