This is the one he did not say a bad word.

Posted May 3rd, 2010 by Mike Lawson

There are two six-year olds at work that are glued to one another like Batman and Robin, but they don’t get along and are always fighting…so I guess Ike and Tina is a more accurate comparison.

They are always fighting about stupid things.  “Mike, Jay said that he would walk with me and then he started running.”  Or “Mike, I was playing basketball with Ian and he stole the ball.”

I’ve tried the, “just don’t play with one another” approach.  I’ve tried giving each of them really important tasks that would separate them…but just like Ike and Tina, as soon as my advice is dispensed and my back is turned, they run back to one another’s arms.  Back together, pissing one another off and tattling on one another.

Here’s one I got recently:

“Mike,” Jay ran up to me panting.  “I was standing by Ian and he called me the ‘A’ word.”

Ian is running toward us and denying whatever Jay had told me – even though he wasn’t close enough to hear exactly what Jay said.

“Ian, did you call Jay the ‘A’ word?” I asked.

“No!” Ian said.  “I didn’t say he was an asshole, I said he was being an ass.”

Ugh.