MOM - Job Description

POSITION: Mother, Mom, Mama

JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players
needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often
chaotic environment. Candidates must possess
excellent  communication and organizational skills and
be willing to work variable hours, which will include
evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts
on call. Some overnight travel required, including
trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends
and endless sports tournaments in far away cities.
Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier
duties also required.


RESPONSIBILITIES: The rest of your life. Must be
willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until
someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue
repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina
of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60
mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the
screams from the backyard are not someone just
crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating
technical challenges, such as small gadget repair,
mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must
screen phone calls, maintain calendars and
coordinate production of multiple homework projects.

Must have ability to plan and organize social
gatherings for clients of all ages and mental
outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one
minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle
assembly and product safety testing of a half million
cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for
the worst. Must assume final, complete
accountability for the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
janitorial work throughout the facility.


POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT &
PROMOTION:
Virtually none. Your job is to remain
in the same position for years, without complaining,
constantly
retraining and updating your skills, so that those in
your charge can ultimately surpass you.


PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: None required
unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a
continually exhausting basis.


WAGES AND COMPENSATION: Get this! You pay
them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A
balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of
the assumption that college will help them become
financially independent. When you die, you give them
whatever is left. The oddest thing about this
reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it
and wish you could only do more.


BENEFITS: While no health or dental insurance, no
pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays
and no stock options are offered; this job supplies
limitless opportunities for personal growth and free
hugs for life if you play your cards right.


Give a copy of this to all the moms you know, in
appreciation for everything they do on a daily basis,
and let them know much they are appreciated.
Rockingham Remembered
Short Stories