21 Things All Build-A-Bear-Workshop Employees Will Understand

10. Having Nightmare Birthday Parties

There are some birthday parties where you just scream internally for about an hour because the children are a nightmare and even though you can never admit it to your fellow bear builders (on the shop floor), that party bear is making you not want to have children. Your usual party style is being destroyed because the children will not stop running around, sit still and there are bows everywhere. The parents have either left you with their little monsters because they acknowledge the fact that they are little monsters, or they're watching you struggle with glee.