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vent/rant/irritated: paperwork for parents
are you guys stuck doing paperwork/customer service phone calls etc for your parents?
i guess i understand mine....a little. my parents english is limited, so they rely on me to do these for them...but sometimes they are JUST LAZY!
my mom has FMLA paperwork that she wants me/my OB to fill out so she can take time off work for the baby.....i've looked at it, and *she* needs to fill out like 2 pages of it of *her* info..but she hasn't, and wants me to do.
today she learned that she needs to have it turned in *before* i have the baby, and she's FREAKING OUT about it. she called me 4x's that i missed (i left my phone in the car). and left a voicemail. i listened to the vmail, so i got it...i called her back. she didn't pick up. she has now called me twice since...but i couldn't get it because i had somebody at my desk. now my mom's coworker is texting me asking me if i'm okay- YES. I'M AT WORK AND CAN"T ALWAYS ANSWER THE PHONE!
okay vent/rant/over. thanks for listening. grrr.....
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Re: vent/rant/irritated: paperwork for parents
That sounds frustrating!
I am mean, you could just tell her "yes I'm busy I just had a baby" just to freak her out. But I can be mean when hormonal.
Ugh, that would drive me insane. It's bad enough when my DH makes me do it. (And, seriously, the man is afraid of the fax machine in his office. He'd rather spend the money/time on stamps for mailing a TON of crap than spend 30sec standing in front of the fax machine, dialing the appropriate number, and waiting for the damn thing to send.)
Also, the constant phone-calling thing? GAHHH. Sorry you have to deal with it.
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wow! that is cool that she is trying to take work off!! lucky, we will have no one to help us.. it'll be just us two.
well, 3, or 4 if we have twins. lol.
i could never do that though.. i guess i would.. but i don't want to!
Wow. I didn't realize grandparents could take advantage of this.
Also, I totally feel you. My parents regularly use me to write letters and fill out forms for them. They got their freaking phds here, they know English, but they know if I do it, it will be much faster.
Sometimes, it drives me super up the wall insane angry.