#19

Once Mrs HYG’s parents were in the country on holiday, they were meant to meet her in the evening but got done early so she said they could come to her office. Her mum ended up falling asleep on a sofa in the middle of their open plan office, to everyone’s great amusement.

#20

Can’t imagine any circumstance in which friends/family would go any further than the main ground floor reception tbh

#21

yeah, they do know what i do.

if my mum was in London on a weekday i’d take her here for lunch and show her the building, but only cos it’s listed and has some pretty cool bits.

#22

I let my gf in on my pass once so she could use the loo. Please don’t tell security.

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#23

There is a toilet at the ground floor reception of our office!

#24

Different offices innit. We’re on the ground floor here, have a nice kitchen area and I have my own office, so would be fine. That said, my Mum wouldn’t want to and if she was early she would just wait somewhere else to meet me. My point was more trying to find some way in which it wouldn’t be weird.

#25

Yeah my folks know

#26

yeah they know
they both came in once to say hi a few weeks after i first started at the place i work now and it was really weird cause they didn’t even bother betting
my dad makes a point to only go in if i’m not working and always tips my colleagues if he wins anything

#27

Huh what? That’s really weird.

And yes, my dad knows what I’m supposed to be doing for work. He doesn’t know about DiS, obvs.

#28

A lot of presumption in this thread actually.

When I used to manage the coffee shop obviously my Mum used to come in all the time.

#29

It’s happened once to me when I was working in retail, but not since then.

#30

@AQOS to thread

They know what I do. They even questioned whether it is the right career for me after my endless complaints.

They aren’t welcome in my office.

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#31

…Is Jook your Dad?

#32

Nah, he works with his mum, who isn’t my mum that he is not in a relationship with

#33

Bit weird that, innit?

They know what I do. I doubt they’d be interested coming to work with me, I’m not interested in bringing them in and in any case, they wouldn’t be allowed to.

#34

shut up @anon64105032

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#36

I live with my parents and work in a shop in my small hometown, so they pop in every few weeks when I’m on a shift to embarrass me.

One of the directors always tells me how enjoyably rude my mum used to be to him at the bank (about 30 years ago). When she comes in they have #bants. I nearly flashed him by accident the other day (long story involving a terribly judged attempt to adjust my bra straps).

#37

If you with in a cafe or a pub or restaurant or something then fine. Museum, tourist attraction, idk bus? All also fine.

If you work in an office or factory or whatever, ie a place but open to the public, then I have never heard of this ever happening.

My mum has no real idea what I do. She made this really weird speech at my wedding about how at least I had loads of friends cos the rest of my life is obviously a waste of time. Think she feels ok with it now cos i have an employer at the moment

#38

i work in a customer service call centre
a few weeks after i started my dad rang the call centre with a query. i don’t think he understood that it was where i worked or that he could wait for me to get home and ask me. i think he understands now.

thankfully he didn’t need to give his details so my colleagues didn’t get the opportunity to take the piss. around the same time someone else’s dad rang up with a query and asked for him, which he got a bit of stick for.

#39

Do you work in an old folks home?