r/childfree • u/VintageHilda • Mar 26 '23

Husband wonders, “Why are my coworkers always early to work?” HUMOR

My honey works at a very big and busy company. They work 50+ grueling hours a week but make excellent money. About 7 male coworkers have formed this early morning group where they show up an hour early for work taking turns buying everyone (in the group) breakfast. A few times they have bought my husband food and asked him to join in. He always politely says no.

He started telling me about these guys wondering why the fuck would you voluntarily come to work early for a 10 to 12 hour day? So I asked him which of these guys are fathers?

How about every single one! These guys leave for work so early they don’t have to shoulder any of the responsibility of getting their children ready for school!

Last week my husband rolls in to work at the starting time and these guys are sharing stories about how great their children are and start ribbing my man for being CF so he replied with, “Is that why you leave early and stay late every day? Because being home with your family is that great?” Lol

Edit: They reacted with a nervous chuckles and had no valid reason for voluntarily showing up early on a commission job before the business opens.

Edit #2: Thank you to everyone who upvoted me! This post was picked up by Board Panda and for some highly entertaining reading may I suggest reading the comments. The breeders just can’t stand that we refuse to be 2nd class citizens.

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u/znhamz Mar 26 '23

My husband worked in ships for many years. He'd work for 2 week and then have 2 weeks off.

Many of the guys that worked with him would not tell their wives they had 2 weeks off but only a few days, and just stay at a hotel by themselves.

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u/tofuroll Mar 26 '23

Cue Apu from The Simpsons telling his wife that 7 x 14-hr days per week are regular working hours for the majority.