ask the readers: bringing your toddler to meetings ? Ask a Manager

A reader writes:

This morning, I was at a breakfast meeting with our executive director, with about?15-20 other employees, to talk about?our annual employee feedback surveys. About a half hour into the meeting, an employee who just returned from maternity leave this week walked in holding her one-year-old?and apologizing for them being late, saying, ?We had to rescue a chihuahua on 14th Street.?

Everyone on the surface seemed completely fine with her walking into the meeting with her child. The executive director even made a joke about whether her son had valid access to the building, and my boss echoed this. I?m guessing she probably had clearance to bring her son in the first place, but all I could think in my head was, ?WTF?! This is completely inappropriate.? Although for a one-year-old he was well-behaved, it was very distracting to intermittently hear baby noises and him banging keys on the table. Am I being uptight and unreasonable? Is this becoming increasingly common in the workplace, or was this bizarre and unprofessional behaviour? Any feedback would be appreciated.

I gave my own opinion about this four years ago?(wasn?t a fan of babies in the office then, and still am not now), but what do readers think?

Source: http://www.askamanager.org/2012/09/ask-the-readers-bringing-your-toddler-to-meetings.html

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