Take Your Child To Work Day

Summary

Laugh with Me – "Take Your Child To Work Day"

Host: Jeremy Odom
Date: April 1, 2026
Podcast: Laugh with Me (iHeartPodcasts)
Episode Theme:
Jeremy Odom explores the real meaning—and lost lessons—of "Take Your Child to Work Day," using his background as a former grocery store manager to hilariously examine how the day has shifted from eye-opening work education to a kid-friendly party.

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Episode Overview

Jeremy Odom takes listeners through the evolution (and, in his view, the decline) of “Take Your Child to Work Day.” Once an earnest opportunity for kids to shadow a parent and get a taste of the real workday, Jeremy notes the event has become a staged, funhouse version of actual labor. Through personal anecdotes, sharp comedic observations, and reflections on his grocery store days, Jeremy advocates for a return to showing kids the real challenges—and rewards—of work.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Modern "Take Your Child to Work Day" Is Too Soft

• Jeremy’s Facebook Story: Jeremy opens with an anecdote about a grocery store making a four-year-old's birthday a cheery, play-work experience with a mini uniform, bakery cookie tastings, and cake in the conference room.

  • “I'm sure this was a situation that lasted maybe an hour, you know, which ended in some cake, I'm sure in the, in the conference room. Fun, fun for everybody.” (03:44)

• Contrast with the Past: Jeremy reminisces about shadowing his own dad (a periodical delivery driver) and experiencing the unfiltered reality of the daily grind, without treats or fanfare.

  • “There wasn't any, like, tastings and no birthday cake at the end. I mean, there was nothing like that. It was a completely shadow of the job, and it was awesome. I learned a lot.” (05:38)

What a Real Grocery Store Workday Should Teach

• Reality Check for Kids: Jeremy imagines a no-holds-barred "Take Your Kid to Work Day" for little “Timmy” or “Tommy,” tackling real tasks.
  • Produce Department:
    • Kids should be learning to look for bad produce, not just admiring the good.
    • “This is where bananas and avocados go to die. Frankly. They're not growing anymore.” (07:07)
  • Cash Register Mayhem:
    • Jeremy mocks the lack of real training for cashiers in 2026, highlighting the confusion first-timers face (“rolling in just on vibes”).
    • “Long gone are the days that you had one-on-one interaction… Now you, you'll get to be in a room full of other people talking and complaining and you'll get to maybe pay attention to a little bit of video.” (08:19)
    • The experience of dealing with argumentative customers over grape prices or old receipts.
    • “Now you've got a customer busting out an old receipt showing that the price was far cheaper in 2014. See what it used to be, everything was cheaper back then. Yeah, yeah, it was. So was gas and hope.” (09:53)
  • Handling Spills:
    • Milk explosions, awkward paper towel moments, and the wish for an easier career.
    • “Come on, little Timmy, let's go. Kid's gonna be…standing there with paper towels, probably not knowing what to do. Definitely wishing their parent had been a veterinarian, not a grocer.” (10:28)
  • Butcher Department:
    • Real exposure to the messier side of food retail—and why a glimpse behind the meat counter may just make you a vegetarian.
  • Regular Customers and Odd Behaviors:
    • Assigning the kid to greet regulars who think they know every new face.
    • “They always recognize the new people. You know what I mean? They're there every day.” (12:51)

The Underappreciated (and Gross) Parts of the Job

• Coupon Warriors:
  • Jeremy’s take on “hardcore” couponers and the imbalance between effort and actual savings.
  • “If you spend an insane amount of time on this very area, on coupons, on the deals, what are you saving? Because in my eyes, time is money.” (18:31)
• The Bathroom Duty Rant:
  • Notes how many kids these days have never actually cleaned a toilet.
  • “Today's kids probably have never even cleaned a toilet. Never even cleaned a toilet. In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I don't think my children have.” (19:05)
  • Reflects on his own youth cleaning toilets at work and home, and how the “gross jobs” should be part of learning.
• Stocking Shelves:
  • Stocking is more skilled than people realize—improper stacking can wreak havoc.
  • Observes the “resume customer” who brags about shopping there for decades and thinks this earns special treatment.
  • “I just don't know why. That's always their credential. Like I don't care. The resume customer always bothers me.” (21:24)
• Price Checks and Customer Corrections:
  • With staffing shortfalls, even the kids would wind up sprinting for price checks.
  • Staring into the frozen food aisle, contemplating life: “So this is it, huh? This is what I do.” (22:06)

End-of-Shift Realities

• “One Last Thing” at 4:59PM:
  • No workday ends clean—someone always asks for a “quick” chore, like wrangling heavy carts outside.
  • “You never know what kind of trash situation you're going to find outside. There's always the runaway cart.” (24:41)
  • Not all stores have fancy equipment—sometimes it’s just a bungee cord and risky business for “little Tommy.”

The Missing Grit in Modern Kids’ Workdays

• No More Treats—Just Reality:
  • Jeremy insists the day should end not with cake, but with a glimpse of the real grind—stress, aggravation, fatigue, and maybe a few tears.
  • “I'm tired of seeing the photo ops guys. We're gonna take our kids to work with us. Let's grind it out. They need to start to get mentally prepared on what's up.” (27:10)
  • “We are going to work, and damn it, we're gonna cry about it at the end. Johnny. That's the way it should be, man.” (27:40)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Changing Expectations:
  • “It's not all samples, okay? It's not all photo ops at the wet rack with the lettuce.” (06:20)
• On Modern “Training”:
  • “You got no training, you're rolling in just on vibes, which a lot of times I think I can roll with that. Just give me, just give me vibes.” (08:36)
• On Nostalgia and Grit:
  • “Welcome to the real world, Timmy. Welcome to the real world. That's what we need for these kids. Take your child to work day. They need to know what it's really like to go to work and put an honest day's work in.” (26:39)
• On Coupon Philosophies:
  • “You tell them it's expired, time is just a suggestion. Suddenly they're very philosophical.” (19:56)
• On Customers’ ‘Shopping Resume’:
  • “Many times you hear, ‘I've been shopping here 40 years. That's not where that goes.’ They'll tell you, just hang around an aisle long enough. I just don't know why. That's always their credential.” (21:18)

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Highlighted Timestamps

• 03:04: Introduction to the episode’s theme and Jeremy’s stance on the topic.
• 05:38: Personal recollections of shadowing his dad—no frills, just real work.
• 06:30 – 12:30: What a “real” day looks like: produce, register, spills, butcher, and regulars.
• 18:02 – 22:30: Couponers, cleaning restrooms, stocking, and customer confrontations.
• 24:16: End-of-shift chores and the true exhaustion of retail work.
• 27:10 – 27:40: Jeremy’s concluding “call to grit”—no more fun parties, just honest experience.

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Tone & Style

Jeremy blends sarcasm, affection for the everyday worker, and sharp wit. The episode is both a heartfelt critique and a comedic love letter to the demanding, messy reality of work—urging parents to let their kids see (and maybe suffer a little) through it.

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Takeaway

Rather than shielding kids from the grit of the workplace, Jeremy Odom suggests we reintroduce them to the true challenges, routines, and realities of work. “Take Your Child to Work Day” should be about real-world preparation—not photo ops and cupcakes.

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For listeners seeking both a laugh and a little wisdom about work and raising resilient kids, this episode delivers both in spades.

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Welcome back. It's brand new episode. This is Laugh with Me podcast with Jeremy Odom and I'm your host. Hey, it's Jo. Man, it's good to be back, Johnny. I'll tell you what, it's good to see you on the ones and twos over there. Always good for a brand new therapy session. That's exactly what this is for me. I hope you can relate. You gotta have that out, you gotta have that outlet, man. You gotta be able to say what you need to say whether, whether it's to, to nothing, to someone or somebody's. You gotta be able to, to get it out there. Fortunately for me, I get to lay it all out there to you all. Thanks for listening. Today we've got a very important topic to discuss. Something that's near and dear to me and that's the take your child to work day type situation. I just saw on Facebook actually just the other day that there was this child, four year old, had his fourth birthday and he wanted to spend his fourth birthday working at the grocery store. So the grocery store set up, you know, you know, situations throughout the store. They had him a little shirt, he had a little polo on and a little name tag. And you know, he was, he was gonna go to work and there's pictures of him, he's in the bakery, he's trying cookies, he's, he's in the produce department pointing at the lettuce like he's, he's doing all the things right. He's going around to each department and getting a little bit of a taste of what's going, what goes on in the grocery store. I'm sure this was a situation that lasted maybe an hour, you know, which ended in some cake, I'm sure in the, in the conference room. Fun, fun for everybody. Here's the deal. We do this thing, we do this thing that, it used to be real popular back in the day where you take your, was it take your daughter to work Day take your. Then it turned into take your son and then take your kids. They go and they shadow you at work. I did this when I was a young lad. I hopped in the truck, and my dad, he. He delivered periodicals, and I. I spent a day working with him, and we. We delivered. We delivered that day. And it was fun. It was fun to see what's up. I got a glimpse into the life that is now. There wasn't any, like, tastings and no birthday cake at the end. I mean, there was nothing like that. It was a. It was a complete shadow of the job, and it was awesome. I learned a lot. And I think we're doing a disservice to these kids, creating these events where it's. It's become a party for them. It's been a fun day of activities for them. Instead of shadowing an actual workday. I. I think that's the more important thing here. Kids are getting a note, a true glimpse into what the workday is. I really. I really think we need to get back to it. So I kind of thought about that. You know, if I was. If I was still working at the grocery store and it was take your kid to work day, what would that entail? What would we. What would we do? What would we show this kid? What would a true day of work look like for little Tommy? I think it's important. I think. I think this is where as a. As a society, we need to get back to. Because it's not all samples, okay? It's not all photo ops at the. At the wet rack with the lettuce. It's knowing what's expected when you have 4,000 strangers or more coming through your door every single day and expecting perfection. I'm not kidding about that. Expecting perfection at all moments. I mean, think about it. It's true. You go, when you walk into a grocery store, the very first thing you see is the beautiful produce. The beautiful produce. And it does look amazing when it's presented. Right? But what are we really looking for, kid? Little Timmy, Little Tommy? What are we calling this guy, Johnny? What did we have a name? Breakout? We're gonna go with Timmy or Tommy, depending on how I'm feeling. I think little Timmy walks in. Oh, yeah, look at this. It looks great. Yeah, but we're not looking for the good stuff. No, no, no. We're looking for the bad stuff. Because think about it. When a customer walks in the door, they don't. They don't go, oh, yeah, you guys look awesome today. No, they notice. They Notice the apple right on top or even on the bottom, which is worse with the sunken hole in it. We need to be looking for the, for the miscues, Timmy. This is where bananas and avocados go to die. Frankly. They're not growing anymore. This is as good as they're ever gonna get. And they are on the decline. We need to find the ones that are past their prime and we gotta move on. We've got to move on. So that's the first thing. We can't just get all excited about how beautiful this looks. We need to dial in and make sure that it really does. But then if we want a real true work experience here for little Tommy. Okay, little 10 year old Tommy, let's throw him on the register. Let's get this first customer interaction right off the bat. And how are we going to do it? We're going to do it like the real life. There's not going to be much training. No, not anymore. Not in 2026. There is not going to be much training. If you're lucky, you may have gotten the opportunity to watch like an online video that walk through and you're not paying attention. You're on your phone, you're scrolling, you're texting, you're not really paying attention. Long gone are the days that you had one on one interaction with a co worker where they tell you and run you through many, many scenarios. Now you, you'll get to be in a room full of other people talking and complaining and you'll get to maybe pay attention to a little bit of video. That's how it is. So that means you got no training, you're rolling in just on vibes, which a lot of times I think I can roll with that. Just give me, just give me vibes. And I can probably figure out, but I don't know about 10 year old Tommy. You get a customer coming up, hey, these grapes were 2.99. The kids like all right, but the sign said they were 279. I mean, what do you. The kids are. That's. I can't control that, sir. I mean that's literally going to be the answer. And now we've got an upset customer. But this is where it really gets. This is, this is where we really hit them because this is the stuff that happens. Now you've got a customer busting out a old receipt showing that the price was far cheaper in 2014. See what it used to be, everything was cheaper back then. Yeah, yeah, it was. So was gas and hope. I mean that's just life, baby. Tommy, you're gonna have to learn to roll with the punches here. And then we also need to get them experienced in the big spill. These spills are gonna happen. I can't even tell you how many spills I've cleaned up still. I cleaned up a spill yesterday. You don't tell them how to do it. You just roll with it. Gallon of milk explodes to the ground. They're fragile. All right, kid. Come on, little Timmy, let's go. Kid's gonna be sitting there standing there with paper towels, probably not knowing what to do. Definitely wishing their parent had been a veterinarian, not a grocer. Ah, get that mop bucket, brother. And then if you think, oh, I wish my parents were a vet. I love animals. Ah, we'll send you back to the beach department. You won't. We'll teach you about love for animals. You like cows? Oh, yeah, Yeah, I love cows. Yeah. You're gonna become a vegetarian after seeing what we're gonna chop up today. I distinctly remember in my. In my coming up as a young guy in the in grocery, you having to. Having to break down. Having to break down big old slab of beef. You got to know all the cuts. I don't. I don't think they teach them that anymore. Maybe they'll get to watch a video. I think the fun one might be when you have to, like, get to meet a lot of the regulars. The regulars are not okay. None of them. They spend their time. I mean, they spend their time at the grocery store. I mean, think about it. This is what they do. A lot of times I don't want, like, I don't think they have jobs. I don't think that's possible. They spend way too much in the grocery store. But I think it would be fun to assign little Tommy to one of the regulars. And when they come in at 6:12, just be like, here you go. And then that regular is like, hey, weren't you here last Tuesday? I think I've met you. Like, no, I was at recess. They always recognize the new people. You know what I mean? They're there every day. They know everybody. But whenever you introduce them to a new person, they're always like, oh, yeah, we've met. No, you haven't. We dragged this poor fool off the streets. You don't know this one.

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And this is a classic line. I've been watching this store longer than you've been alive. I've, I don't know how many times I've had a regular tell me one of those. It's not a flex, guys. It is not a flex that you have been going to this store longer than I've been breathing. I think fun one too might be at the register and just hit them with the coupon, folks, you know, you know you got 73 coupons for like 12 items. I wonder, like the, the coupon people, and I know they're safe, they're saving a lot of money and, and at times some of the hardcores in this coupon biz, they're saving a ton of money. And in the age of, you know, having the, the loyalty apps and that kind of stuff, you've got many of different options in order to save money at the register. But if you spend an insane amount of time on this very area, on coupons, on the deals, what are you saving? Because in my eyes, time is money. So you could be doing a whole long list of various things to accomplish in your day, or you could be working insanely hard and insanely long to save 50 cents. That's the thing I would like to speak to somebody who's a hardcore couponer and just see, you know, and just see how much time they're actually spending in it. Because I would like to know their philosophy on time is money in that regard. Anyway, I digress. You give the kit, give little Timmy the coupon people, and they're bound to have expired coupons in the. You know, my favorite line from them is when you tell them it's expired, time is just a suggestion. Suddenly they're very philosophical. What is it? Philosophical. There it is. That was not a joke, Johnny. I just didn't know how to speak. This would be a good one. Send this. Send your 10 year old in now. Little Tommy needs to clean the restrooms. Not a fun job. Today's kids probably have never even cleaned a toilet. Never even cleaned a toilet. In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I don't think my children have. I've got one that's about to turn 16 this weekend and I don't think he's ever cleaned a toilet. This is a problem. I've certain I man by that, by that age, I hate to be that guy. But when I was his age, I cleaned many toilets at work, at home. Which by the way, my brother Kyle, he was talking to my parents, I don't know, a few months back and they were talking about that. You guys didn't have chores when you were growing up? Yeah, we did the downstairs bathroom of our house. I know it was one of my main responsibilities, so I had to make sure that one was clean. I don't know about Kyle, but I know I had to. So I had plenty of practice of cleaning the toilets and especially at work. And it doesn't get any easier the older you get. Let's say you, let's say you get out of the grocery business. You want to go work at the gas stations. I think that's worse. You go in the restrooms there. I mean, you don't, you don't want to know the kind of damage they're doing in there. Actually, if you go back to one of the previous episodes of Laugh with Me, you'll hear all about one of the instances I had. Oh, man. Welcome to the real world. This would be the welcome to being an adult moment, I think, for little Tommy, you know, and then there's stocking of the shelves. It's not easy. They, you know, they. We always joke in the business like, oh, we're just can stackers. But I tell you what, there is a talent or a skill to be learned here as far as stocking shelves because it can be quite messy if you don't do it correctly. It also can can cause a lot of problems. I mean, we're talking about the at the register things I ringing up, right? Just stock it incorrectly and you'll hear all about it. You got to teach these kids. Here's the thing. You're gonna have customers in there that are gonna tell you when you're doing something wrong. Many times you hear, I've been shopping here 40 years. That's not where that goes. They'll tell you, just hang around an aisle long enough. I just don't know why. That's always their credential. Like I don't care. The resume customer always bothers me. Like I care for each customer individually the same. I want you to come in, have a great experience, get what you need, pay for it and get out. I don't need your resume. It's not going to earn you special deals and then anymore with the way, you know the labor structure is and as tight as it is, you don't have available hands to go do price checks. You know, you get the price check at the register. Guess who's running from their register to go check it. It's likely you. So hopefully little Tommy can run. You gotta go, man. And I'm sure in, in the take your child to work day situation like this, where they're getting the real experience, they'll find themselves at one point just staring in the frozen aisle, staring at the frozen pizza, thinking, so this is it, huh? This is what I do. Johnny and I, we've had that moment. And then, then you get to five o', clock, end of shift. It's over, baby. It is over. We are heading home. But no, it's 4:59 and the boss wants to know if you can do one quick thing. Can you just go grab, just go grab a few carts before you leave. Can you just, just run outside real quick and grab in a few carts? It's not that easy, man. It's not that easy to go. Just go grab a grab some quick carts and run in hell. You got to fight the elements, you got to fight the traffic. You never know what kind of trash situation you're going to find outside. There's always the runaway cart. And I've seen different tools, you know, like I've seen different retailers. They've got the big motorized thing that catches all the carts and it basically drives them for you. That's sweet. But that's an investment. So not Every retailer is going to have that. You've got the. The bungee cord. That's not safe. I mean, kids that things sprung back and popped them in the face can't be doing that. Especially not little Tommy. But it does, man. Green carts, they get heavy, too. You got the. The old saying they always say, like, only taking five at a time, right? Because otherwise you're pushing those wheels and you're ruining those wheels. But you can't just do five at a time. You'll be going in. It's just not efficient. It's just not efficient. You got to do more if you can. I get excited about this stuff, Johnny. I get real excited about this, though. Oh, man. Then you get to the end of the day, it's all over. No treats for the child, no samples, no photo ops. Just angry customers, broken carts. And you're always gonna have that guy who's just working in produce since the 80s. This is what he does. He comes in, he does early shift, he stocks, he leaves. He's got stories. I don't want to know your stories, man. Yep. Welcome to the real world, Timmy. Welcome to the real world. That's what we need for these kids. Take your child to work day. They need to know what it's really like to go to work and put an honest day's work in. And I. I didn't even get into the bosses that say one thing but mean another. I mean, the mind games, you know, we're over on budget today. Timmy. I. I need you to. I need. We need to cut eight hours, but I also need you to add three shifts today because we're shorthanded. The mind games. We didn't even sweep the floors or mop the floors. Don't forget to face forward. Every aisle, every single item, all the way to the lip. We didn't even begin to touch the real world situation of working. I'm so. I'm tired. I'm tired of seeing the photo ops guys. We're gonna take our kids to work with us. Let's. Let's grind it out. Let's grind it out. They need to know. They need to start to get mentally prepared on what's up. I am advocating for no more take your kid to work day. Parties, activities, and fun times. Okay? We are going to work, and damn it, we're gonna cry about it at the end. Johnny. That's the way it should be, man. That's the way it should be. Who's with me? Anyone else with me on this? Thanks for listening. He's been laughing Johnny, you gotta be with me. Numbers climb in crooked lines One clip hits like a flare in winter Suddenly

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