If I’m obligated to work at a place where I can’t avoid children, then I’ll find a different workplace.
Obviously I couldn’t say my reason for resigning out loud in polite company. Children are a joy and a treasure.
But I’m not the only one of your colleagues who secretly doesn’t want to hear anything about your children and resents you (the hypothetical “you”) for bringing them to work.
I’m just not allowed to admit it, even during an exit interview.
I don't really like being around kids either but they are part of life and I think your attitude shows how disconnected we've become from home and family at work in a quite negative way. When I was a kid I used to go into my father's office all the time in the 80s. Home and work and office and friends all seemed a little more intermingled.
