So, it's been a rugged year, but I scheduled my last week of vacation for Thanksgiving week. (You know, tying it in with the two days they already give you off, giving you a false sense of a slightly longer vacation.) I already had to alter my days off, because the Monday/Tuesday after the holiday is end-of-month, so the boss likes all of us to be here. So I altered it to the Thursday/Friday before Thanksgiving.
This morning, there's an E-Mail from a co-worker - one who's been with this company for nearly 30 years, mind you - saying she didn't consult the calendar, and REALLY needs Thanksgiving week off, and since I usually don't have plans, she wants me to give it up because she needs to see her mother. For, like, the 35th time this year.
I don't care if my vacation plans entailed me sitting naked in the living room, eating pizza rolls and watching SpikeTV - I put in for this week off MONTHS ago, and I already had to alter it once. Worst of all, I'm gonna end up losing this week off if I end up giving this imbecile what she wants because a co-worker I actually like is going into the hospital in December, and I need to be here to cover for her work. My boss will probably ask me to take a different week off in December, and I'll do it, because my boss directed me toward the Cancer center that saved my life, but this is absolutely shitty.
Worst of all, the woman didn't even have the guts to approach me and ask for this to my face - she waited until I went home for the day, and E-Mailed me her sob story. She's been here so long, and has already taken a shitload of vacation, but, hey, let's screw with someone else's plans because you can't ask the boss for your time off ahead of time like the rest of the planet. Livid doesn't even begin to describe how I feel today.
