f/u For those who read my neighbor saga the other

[eclaires]

Today, I was outside with the kids, and several of my other neighbors were out, including the people who took advantage of me.

All of the neighbors were standing around (including me), and were talking about vacation days/flexibility.

Neighbor who so "desperately" needed someone to watch his kids, and had to work so much and had to work late this week... has fifty muthafucking days of vacation.

OMG. Seriously, take a GD day off with your kid instead of begging neighbors to watch them for free. What the ever loving fuck.

[Deleted]

Um wow that is insane. First, 50 days?!? My dad gets 6 weeks and I thought that was a lot! Second, so yeah, they totally could have watched their kids, they just didn't want to. They suck.

[eclaires]

Yeah, he's allowed to have his vacation roll over and has been at the same job for years.

So...50 days.

I think the worst part of all of this is that he and his wife are so quick to share these things with me - they obviously see nothing wrong with what they did. I doubt there's anything I could say that would get through to them. I just don't understand why you act so desperately in need of childcare like they did when you could easily take the time off? It's bizarre. It was bizarre enough when they were showing up late and leaving their kid here all hours of the day when I was doing them a huge favor, but this is even crazier to me. I know that if both MH and I were working, our first option would be for us to take the days off if we didn't have childcare, then maybe pay someone or ask our mothers. Our first option would never be to cry desperate for help to our neighbors, with it being a complete and total lie.

[pamela]

Maybe there is a reason he has 50 days saved up because he has a job where it's either impossible or highly frowned upon to actually use your vacation. I know my boss is on track to forfeit 3+weeks at the end of the year due to work load and vacation blackout periods.

[eclaires]

No, he takes time off frequently for his own benefit, and doesn't have any work blackout dates. He was talking about his 50 days off today and how flexible it is, but that with the kids in school it's hard to be flexible with vacations. The context of the conversation was me and another neighbor saying that with our oldest kids starting school this year, it would be an adjustment to our travel flexibility.

He just doesn't want to spend time with his kids, or would prefer to not take the time off for that so instead he lies and uses others. He worked 10 hour days this past week so he could have Friday off but also told me more than 5 times over the past week that he didn't know what he was going to do since my son wouldn't be home on Friday. He said his son would drive him crazy all day without having Jackson around.

[Deleted]

Are you sure my sociopathic boss isn't your neighbor? Because my boss hates his family, too. Any chance your neighbor is schtupping the secretary?

[EloiseWeenie]

:@ :@ :@
And I'm also sad for little asshole, because his dad is a sucky example of a man.

[LoveTrains]

Aug 18, 2012 13:54:25 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Are you sure my sociopathic boss isn't your neighbor? Because my boss hates his family, too. Any chance your neighbor is schtupping the secretary?

Can I just say that I love the word schtupping?

[eclaires]

LOL @ schtupping. As far as I know, no. But it's always a possibility!

And if I'm being honest, I kind of hate this kid and feel bad about it - mostly because what chance did he really have to not be an annoying manipulative little jerk, right? The parents are also fans of talking about how they spank their kids if they cry when they do something they are not supposed to and get hurt. Or if they cry at all, I think. Basically I've had my reservations about them in the past, but it's become pretty obvious in the last few months that they are not people I would be friends with or want to be around. Unfortunately they live very close. I need to move.