Co workers?

[Toby'sFriend]

my point was noone starts at 9 in the morning.

My husband's family does. His Sister has a Christmas Eve breakfast. Lots of families with children who prefer to be at church services or their own houses later on in the day.

I agree with others. Making Airline reservations BEFORE you had somebody to cover your shift was very poor planning on your part.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Trip to Disney - 2000.00
Time with family for co-worker - Priceless.

Family comes first, there is no price tag on that. There are times when being a cooperative coworker is simply not possible. Making plans and not checking first, IMHO, was selfish and inconsiderate and more to the point, your attitude would not get you far with me. Ask first, if you don't, don't complain later.
what her plans are is unimportant, the fact that she has them and cannot cover for you is the only salient point here.

 

[Bojangles]

Originally posted by GailT
I believe she will quit or will get fired

you could get fired yourself for taking off for WDW without getting your shift covered.

 

[Evil Princess]

As a college student, the time that I work on Christmas Eve directly dictates what my parents have planned for the day and my holiday traditions.

Christmas Eve is a bigger deal in my house than Christmas as well. We start to prepare early in the morning, and go through the night.

If I knew that I would have off on Christmas Eve, there is no way that some co-worker would take that away from me after I made plans because of a vacation. If she cleared it with me way in advance, that might be fine. Considering it is a month before Christmas, and the fact that I was looking forward to this day off...well sorry, rule of thumb is to find someone to cover for you before you book a vacation. A trip to Disney is a big investment.

Sorry if this is comming off harsh, but it seems that you think that just because you are older and spent lots of money on a vacation that you should have priority on taking a day off. If she is not scheduled to work, she has no responsibility to you.

 

[dizneegirl]

Originally posted by GailT
I rather work every day without pay then work with a ***** that doesn't work together with coworkers... Disney here I come, no matter what. This trip wasbppked, cancelled booked cancelled now it is booked and I am going

That just about says it all, doesn't it?

 

[KathyFP]

I used to be one of those people who worked ecery holiday and even double shifts (love the overtime pay)

That changed after I had my daughter and changed jobs. Fortunately, all staff have the holidays off.

I will say that I have never had a problem having other cover when someone needed to be off for another reason.

 

[Beauty]

I'm another person who has family that celebrates more on Christmas Eve than on Christmas Day. We open gifts on Christmas Eve and do the shuffle through all of the family....going from one house to the other. Christmas is a much more relaxing day for us.

I don't want to come off harsh either because we have a trip planned right before Christmas but if this is the first time this has happened you are being awfully harsh on her. Maybe she does have important family plans. I could understand your argument if it had happened over and over and over......but one time? Being fairly young myself I also don't think that just because shes young that automatically means she is not responsible. I definatly would have had all this cleared up before you booked everything, I know I've just paid for a trip as well and know how much it costs.

Considering the real meaning of Christmas it is sad that you are calling this girl names.

 

[epcotfan]

I would never book a vacation unless I was 100% certain I could get the time off I needed. It isn't this girl's problem if you have non-refundable vacation plans. You should have cleared all your time off and had it in writing before making such a commitment. If she wasn't scheduled to work then she has every right to say no.

 

[becka]

What is that saying..."A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part".

I think it is selfish of you to expect this girl to cover your shift. She is as entitled to her plans (regardless of how important you deem them to be) for her days off as you are. In this case YOU made plans without making sure YOU had someone to cover YOUR shift so therefore YOU are the one being unreasonable in this situation.

Next time before you book a trip (especially around the holidays) you might want to make sure you have someone to cover you at work. The adult thing to do is to realize that you made a mistake and now you have to pay for it. To blame it on a co-worker (who never promised you anything) and to call her names it just childish.

 

[mcnuss]

Did you post this bc you thought you'd get sympathy? Clearly your plans backfired. Normal people don't make expensive travel plans without making sure work is covered. What's that expression about assuming?

If I were this kid, I wouldn't cover for you either given what I've seen you post here and other times. In fact, if she's like most 20 year olds, your whining and complaining and high and mighty attitude are probably just fuel for a good laugh behind your back with her friends - and most likely your other co-workers.

One other thing to think about, since this is a college student, for her this job is probably a temporary gig. For you, it's likely what you rely on for your sustenance. I'd ask you to consider carefully who has more to lose if you pursue your vendetta against her.

 

[GailT]

Originally posted by Bojangles
you could get fired yourself for taking off for WDW without getting your shift covered.

I'm very secure in my job and for the past7 yrs of working there this is how I did trips, plan first tell them later, I guess I am lucky in that repect that I don't have to get permission from my workplace to go away.

 

[GailT]

Originally posted by mcnuss
Did you post this bc you thought you'd get sympathy? Clearly your plans backfired. Normal people don't make expensive travel plans without making sure work is covered. What's that expression about assuming?

If I were this kid, I wouldn't cover for you either given what I've seen you post here and other times. In fact, if she's like most 20 year olds, your whining and complaining and high and mighty attitude are probably just fuel for a good laugh behind your back with her friends - and most likely your other co-workers.

One other thing to think about, since this is a college student, for her this job is probably a temporary gig. For you, it's likely what you rely on for your sustenance. I'd ask you to consider carefully who has more to lose if you pursue your vendetta against her.

I don't get on the DIS boards to get sympathy from people on here, I did it to voice my opinion. This girl has pulled this since she started working with us in MAY, everyone including me is sick of her ways. She actully told the owner he should just shut down business on the 24th, he was livid. I think he days are numbered and YES I did get someone to cover for me. I have worked every yr on day before Christmas and Thanksgiving and New years so I am looking foward to going .

 

[disykat]

Of course, she should be willing to work if it is part of her normal duties. If she had other plans she should have made previous arrangements to have the time off. It would have been wrong for her to assume she could have off time that she would have normally worked.

Perhaps your OP was misleading? It sounded as if you were ticked off because she was refusing to do you a favor.