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So there's this doctor's office I've been doing some volunteer time at, primarily working on getting them HIPAA compliant, but I help out with a few other things while I'm there: feeding the fish, finding wayward hamsters, restocking the treat baskets, and neatening up the waiting room (mostly putting the toys back in the box in the kiddie corner).
The other day I came in, the first one in the office, and found a freaking disaster area. On the waiting room floor were:
-- A dozen cake and candy wrappers thrown around the room (Boss Lady keeps snacks and candy for the kiddies; it's honor system and most parents only allow their kids to take one or two so it's usually fine).
-- Two half-drunk juice boxes (same deal as the snacks).
-- Food bits crumbled about and ground into the carpet.
-- The toys in the play area were literally all over the room. Legos, building blocks, stuffed animals, dolls, plastic animals, everything was out of the toy box and left laying around the room.
-- Books pulled out of the bookcases (two out of three of the bookcases).
There was no way the kid's parents could have missed the disaster they left the room in. The only place that was clear was the sweep of the door. Boss Lady is too nice to tell parents to clean up after their kids, but I want to slap them silly. Sure, the kid is the one who made the mess, but the parents not only sat there and watched it, they walked out and left it there!
And I found out from one of the workers there that the family's home looks just like that, only without anyone to go behind them and clean up it just piles higher and deeper. Therapists don't want to go there because it's simply disgusting.
The other day I came in, the first one in the office, and found a freaking disaster area. On the waiting room floor were:
-- A dozen cake and candy wrappers thrown around the room (Boss Lady keeps snacks and candy for the kiddies; it's honor system and most parents only allow their kids to take one or two so it's usually fine).
-- Two half-drunk juice boxes (same deal as the snacks).
-- Food bits crumbled about and ground into the carpet.
-- The toys in the play area were literally all over the room. Legos, building blocks, stuffed animals, dolls, plastic animals, everything was out of the toy box and left laying around the room.
-- Books pulled out of the bookcases (two out of three of the bookcases).
There was no way the kid's parents could have missed the disaster they left the room in. The only place that was clear was the sweep of the door. Boss Lady is too nice to tell parents to clean up after their kids, but I want to slap them silly. Sure, the kid is the one who made the mess, but the parents not only sat there and watched it, they walked out and left it there!
And I found out from one of the workers there that the family's home looks just like that, only without anyone to go behind them and clean up it just piles higher and deeper. Therapists don't want to go there because it's simply disgusting.
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Seriously, even when the parents don't let the kids go wild, toddlers will drop crumbs and bits of food, and I knew it would take longer to clean up, so I tipped accordingly.
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