Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 9152278)

Were you standing in a checkout job at 9 months pregnant though?

Originally Posted by Leslie66 (Post 9152279)

Yeah, my bank's chairs are way swanky.

Not the $99 crapola from Home Depot that I have to use. :thumbdown:

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 9152305)

No...were you?

Originally Posted by Leslie66 (Post 9152313)

Seriously people? Are we really arguing about whether a pregnant woman should be allowed have a chair at work? Seriously? Have any of you ever even seen a pregnant woman? :confused:

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 9152325)

Yeah, I think there was one on the cover of Vanity Fair once, wasn't there....?

Each time my wife got pregnant (3 times!) I sent her to live with an aunt in the country. She was only allowed back when the kids were potty trained, she'd regained her pre-pregnancy fitness, and was able to reclain her (standing) position behind the checkout at Walmart without fainting every 5 minutes...

Originally Posted by Leslie66 (Post 9152313)

Seriously people? Are we really arguing about whether a pregnant woman should be allowed have a chair at work? Seriously? Have any of you ever even seen a pregnant woman? :confused:

I worked with one woman through her pregnancy who did have a chair and she was still miserable. She kept bringing more and more pillows for her chair until the chair couldn't hold any more pillows. They were falling all over the floor and causing a hazard. We finally duct-taped like six pillows to this puny little office chair. It was hilarious. We took pictures. :rofl:

Poor thing.

Originally Posted by AmerLisa (Post 9152294)

One of the first jobs I had in the UK was working at Morrison's as a checkout person. We had to sit in a cubicle (this was the only job we were hired to do) and scan groceries. The cubicle was so small that you could not stand (with the chair in the cubicle as well) to do the scanning. While no one told us we had to sit down, there was little option. Besides the problem of being cooped up in a cubicle and sitting (this was even worse when it was slow, then you had to listen to the incessant loop of music and read the ads on the wall for excitement....) there was nothing else to do. I didn't see very many happy checkout people around me. I managed to find an administrative assistant job after 4 months, so I wasn't there too long.

However, after I had my daughter, I didn't want to put her into childcare, so I went to work at Sainsburys in the evenings. I can say they had better options for their checkout people. You could either stand or sit ( I stood most times because sitting and scanning actually hurts) and they wanted you to interact with the customers. If it was slow they would have you go and help stock groceries. It wasn't fantastic work, but keeping busy always helps to pass the time.

Originally Posted by Leslie66 (Post 9152331)

I think women should be allowed to sleep throughout their entire pregnancies. As a matter of fact, there are many difficult experiences in life that can be slept though. More than you might think.

If people were bears I might have had some children.

Originally Posted by Gabgoeshome (Post 9152333)

Yes ,poor thing ...pregnancy does make some women uncomfortable .

Some days sitting will be better ,some days not .

Unless you gave that lady a 'magic' chair it won't have done *that* much ,other than relieve her on that day of her (perhaps) squashed bladder and agonizing spine pain !!!!!

Pregnancy symtoms are not a a "done deal " they change constantly ...employers need to be flexible ...sorry, it will always be that way .

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 9151878)

...I didn't even have any stretch marks.:p

Originally Posted by Desdemona (Post 9152153)

...I'm amazed at how you lot nitpick about every little thing in your host country even about if checkout clerks should do their jobs standing or seated :ohmy: Mind boggling :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 9152325)

Each time my wife got pregnant (3 times!) I sent her to live with an aunt in the country. She was only allowed back when the kids were potty trained, she'd regained her pre-pregnancy fitness, and was able to reclain her (standing) position behind the checkout at Walmart without fainting every 5 minutes...

Originally Posted by ian-mstm (Post 9152430)

I think that was uncommonly decent of you! Kudos.

Ian