ENTITLEMENT? Karen Expects Co-Workers To Give Up Their Vacation Time For HER KIDS!

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[@helghanmerc2765]

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[@GhostDrummer]

I had time off approved and plane tickets purchased for almost 6 months. At the end of my shift the day before I was supposed to leave, I got pulled into my supervisor’s office. She told me she had to cancel my time off because another employee had a family emergency and needed to have the week off to deal with the family. I was upset because I wasn’t going to able to get my money back on the tickets, but I said ok. When I got to work the next day, my coworkers were puzzled as to why I was there. That’s when I noticed my supervisor wasn’t there. This chick decided she wanted to go on a trip with some guy she had recently started dating, so she lied to me about the coworker needing time for a family emergency. One of my coworkers was an elderly lady who we all treated as a g-ma. She called the owner and told him what happened. He owned a few businesses, so he wasn’t always around at each one, but he would show up if a problem arose. He was there in less than 30 minutes. He asked me what the supervisor had said to me, so I told him. He apologized, paid me the money I lost on the tickets, and told me if I could replan my trip, he would make sure my shift was covered. Then he called the supervisor and told her she no longer work there, and not to worry about cleaning out her office as he would have it packed up and delivered to her house.

[@a-terrible-fate532]

It must have been immensely satisfying. Too bad you didn't get to look your ex supervisor in the eye and smirk

[@nailahdawkins]

Karma unlocked! Good on you man 🎉

[@mommykiya5024]

Oh wow! Kudos to that elderly lady and the owner.

[@professionalsalesman3303]

Fuck YES!!!

[@SigynRegn]

I want to work for boss like this. Cheers to this person.

[@whoischris6053]

The fact that her boss had the audacity to even ask her that is insane lmao.

[@ceceamiri]

Chile I would’ve searched for a new job expeditiously. 😂

[@Paputsza]

do you not see how karen acts? I wouldn’t want to say no to her either. It really depends on the work place. If it’s a small business and the boss is also the owner I can see them delegating the responsibility.

[@gorkyd7912]

This is why being a boss is hard. But for employees, when boss comes and asks something like this that's when you bargain. Dumbest thing employees say is "sorry, not my problem." They should be saying "I would definitely be more willing to negotiate these vacation scheduling issues if I had more money in the bank."

[@imports4life67]

Bob was tapping that for sure bc no boss in their right mind would pull that kind of crap😂

[@kylespevak6781]

I would legitimately laugh in their face and tell them I'll see them when I get back from vacation. She put in for it properly and already planned for it. If the business wants to run itself into the ground let it do so

[@John-Dennehy]

As a parent, I would never expect someone to cancel a holiday for us. That's insane.

[@catherineb2951]

Right?! Like I’m sure she’s been planning that “trip” for months and didn’t think to book the time off of work ahead of time? Just asinine.

[@tiffanykim2773]

Very

[@ellencox8415]

As a parent, my vacations are planned MONTHS in advance BECAUSE of the huge expense. You don't just impulse buy a Disney vacation. She forgot to ask. Period.

[@ExpandingHuman]

​@Ellen Cox exactly! Who plans a vacation with their kids on a whim? To the people without kids out there, just know if someone is trying to take a vacation with their kids on a whim and asks their boss last minute, they forgot to ask for the days OR they are trying to see their sancho 😂.

[@avivastudios2311]

Yup, just make plans.

[@0101-s7v]

This exact same thing happened to me with a vacation and being UNPAID on call weekends over and over. It's like i was just expected to do it. I finally stood up and said "I have a life too and it's not my fault he decided to have kids." Remember, your coworkers ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS! Have boundaries or they will use you and toss you aside.

[@giantsbane8439]

not only that, a lot of the shit with turning peoples vacation time into on call work time actually winds up running afoul of labor laws and more people need to be suing the employers.

[@AramGoat]

Nope, unpaid means no work.

[@younggooni14]

I can't stress this enough, the boss is responsible for this debacle. Forget about the fact that she requested vaca that morning.. forget the "entitlement".. unless she asked the coworker to give up her vacation personally, she wasnt supposed to know about it The boss was supposed to keep shit confidential between themselves and the respective workers, not spark drama between them. He/she was also supposed to prepare for the initial workers departure long beforehand. Their selectiveness with their bullshit created that messy work environment

[@dudeorduuude5211]

Completely agree. In my workplace this has never come up.

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

If the boss wants to facilitate the mother having time off, it shouldn't be at the expense of a worker that already put in her time. Completely right, the boss' fault.

[@noemad5391]

I agree what this boss did was push the responsibility of blame onto someone else. Its no longer will the boss give her the time off. Its now is the coworkers fault she can't go.

[@houseofhas9355]

Sue the Boss. Many employers think this appropriate. It's lawsuits incoming energy.

[@ericapaquette9624]

Yup an upper management creating a toxic work environment.

[@kuraikoitoe]

As a mother i hate when people use their kids to get their way. I believe she cried because she already made promises that she can't keep to her kids

[@Vaeland]

As someone who still holds petty grudges against my parents for promises they broke when I was 10, that is probably a good reason to cry 😂

[@thesjwkillerdanielle4030]

Basically she didn’t think of her kids in advance. So now she expects everyone else to do it for her.

[@toMickorNottoMick]

Faaaaact

[@gsmith5140]

Boom!

[@easy6427]

Also, the fact that the boss asked an employee to tell another employee why she wouldn't give up her scheduled and approved vacation time is an HR NIGHTMARE! Any ill treatment she receives after she gets back from her vacation is an open and shut hostile work place suit.

[@RusticRonnie]

It already was before, literally the second the boss talked to her it became a corporate nightmare

[@easy6427]

@@RusticRonnie yea you right

[@kittytaughtu]

I'd do It and sue

[@mista4700]

That's what I keep posting. The boss made this a issue by not telling Karen no she put in for the tine off already like you should have done.

[@danieltoft2116]

​@Tall Allen the boss didn't do anything wrong by asking her to switch time off, it's okay to ask questions, what the boss did wrong is have her go tell her coworker instead of doing himself

[@robertredmon5409]

The whole smoke break thing used to bug me too i had coworkers who would stop what they were doing and just randomly go outside to smoke. they seemed to always do it in a little group. So i started taking every smoke break with them. My manager asked me what i was doing and i told him smoke break. He pointed out that i didn't smoke. I just said if they are taking a break i'm taking a break. this went on for a little while and other non smokers started to join us. it wasn't long after that they put in place a no smoking policy lol

[@gordonsmith4039]

Had a coworker used to call it a fresh air break. He stuck to it too, and even though I was his foreman, and a smoker, I never once gave him any grief.....

[@miketyson_420]

damn bro like kinda ruined it for everyone 😂. good thing I can vape in the bathroom.

[@jessicahollinghurst36]

When this happened to me I would go outside with a book and had a reading break worked every time.

[@OriginalGlorfindel]

I gave out cigs to the non smokers.... you don't have to light it, just take 5 and hold it.

[@bowlingbill9633]

My brother inlaw did the same thing so they brought in that you had to sign out and back in if you went for a smoke break and at the end of the month they would add all the time up and deduct it from your wages not surprisingly the smoke break reduced and some even gave up smoking ..

[@train-air1780]

" Your lack of planning does not entitle you to inconvenience me." If you planned it for months and you did the responsible things, you deserve it. The mother did everything last minute, and was hoping everyone would drop everything to fix things for her.

[@Diggittydoright]

She’s lying. She claims these things but her employer and unknown entitled woman probably don’t exist . She wants your attention. More importantly she wants people to react immediately on dumb channels like this and agree with what sounds implausible to make her feel better about not getting a vacation she likely did not give enough notice on.

[@vanzy01]

👍

[@MilahanPhilosophersCorner]

True

[@susiex6669]

If this story is even true, is it lack of planning or did she get a last minute deal?

[@quesoqueso7598]

Oh no you’ve cracked the internet code. Cope.

[@bennywarren9866]

It is one of the weirdest things in society that people with kids think the people without kids are supposed to hold their life up for them. Or that you can't be burnout because you don't have kids.

[@brettstarks1846]

Yeah, exactly. I know this sounds messed up, I don’t give a shit about other people’s kids. Parents need to understand that while their kids may be special to them, the rest of us DGAF.

[@Julian-4]

Exactly. Nobody else’s kids are so special that someone who doesn’t have little crotch goblins has to sacrifice their time, sanity and rest for them. The “parents” will act like you spit in their faces if you asked them to give you a day to cover. A LOT of so called adults are just spoiled rotten like their kids

[@shaun5047]

Lol Reminds me of an article I saw where a toddler was literally standing on the food tray on the airplane. Same tray that’s attached to the seat of the guy in front. I still saw moms leaving comments like “kids are part of society, get use to it”. Lmao I love kids but I’d be damned if I’m just going accept those conditions.

[@condesabeatriz9303]

Right!

[@alexiakelley4245]

Or that you’re supposed to be a replacement parent to give them a break.

[@TheIVSaken]

This is not a parent thing.. this is a narcissist thing. Karen thinks the world revolves around her. I am a parent and I would never ask someone to do this, it is insane.

[@superdave8248]

I look at slightly differently. "Karen" simply doesn't want to carry the work load for a week. So she sabotages the other employee's vacation. And if the other employee reschedule's their vacation, Karen will simply just find another way to sabotage the co-worker so she don't have to carry the work load.

[@jikook7457]

My 24 yr old daughter doesn't have kids, so she volunteers to work holidays so her coworkers who are parents can be with their kids on Christmas and Easter mornings especially. She's extremely unselfish, and I was proud of her for doing that. The difference is that SHE volunteers. No one tries to guilt or harrass her into it. I feel like karma will reward her. Even if it doesn't, she feels good about being kind, so it's a win win 😊

[@markferguson3745]

It starts with the management; there's often a certain kind of jealousy and resentment towards those without children, - and those not stuck in unhappy current or past relationships.Some still have some peace and quiet at home, while others are left to choose between the lesser of two evils.

[@Panafrocanam2]

It's a Karen thing. I've ran into a decent amount of Karen female supervisors tbe and they're worse supervisors

[@Bronduil]

@@superdave8248 I have an even slighter different take....her online Chad will be at Disney that week.

[@brooksroth345]

As a single male nurse this happened to me all the time. Got called in on my day off because some women's kid was sick. Asked to work holidays because I'm single. When I became charge nurse if a woman called off for a sick kid she had to produce a MD note to get a paid day off. The reason I did this was because when they did this their kid was not sick. The just didn't want to work that day.

[@hiddenname9809]

Parents who use their kids this way are the worst!

[@hiddenname9809]

Parents who use their children as an excuse are the worst.

[@namename9998]

@@hiddenname9809 A lot cant tell you the names of their kids friends. Theres a difference between a family vacation and going on vacation with your kids. Going on vacation is you want to do something and you bring your kids along because you have no one to take care of them. A family vacation is something everyone does as a group.

[@chrisreynoldsartwork]

And this is an example of why women are supposedly paid less for doing the same job, they will take any opportunities to not go to work because they don't feel like it...

[@chrisreynoldsartwork]

​​@@MariaMoseley-tz8cfYou just demonstrated how pathetic and useless the HR department is. Someone like yourself will prioritize some and shit on others. A single white man can do the same thing a mother (especially a "minority") and you will side with the mother. You add nothing but bullshit and headaches to a business, and to call yourself a "specialist" is laughable, you obviously enjoy the smell of your own farts!

[@catchingamuse3857]

Every single time someone says "but she's got kids". I say "we all make choices and they all have consequences." Meaning, I'm not going to sacrifice for a choice some other lady made.

[@ragebait988]

We should leave you dead on the side walk when you are robbed and beaten for the $5 in your wallet Too then huh? You chose to walk there to fk you. 🤷‍♂️

[@willwrite3675]

Stupid speech

[@dameionarutogaming9728]

should say in response to "but she's got kids" with "so she had her fun, time to go have mine"

[@eatchas]

Idc about her last minute vacations with kids. But when it comes to meeting with teachers/principals picking kids up from school or dropping them off at day care I’d try to be accommodating. Just like I would for medical appointments for family members with cancer or dementia.

[@catchingamuse3857]

@@eatchas that's fair and people should. Life happens and you need that flexibility. My hyperbole was too extreme with "every time", but I can't get over some of the special treatment in regards to salary, vacations, and sometimes attitude that single people get.

[@khaliltribie8739]

As a manager of a restaurant, i used to make non smokers take "smoke breaks" whenever I saw them overwhelmed because it wasn't fair that they weren't allowed the same privileges

[@xeykdeyk]

if you where in charge then anytime that didnt happen would be your fault

[@khaliltribie8739]

@@xeykdeyk never didn't happen with me

[@becky4728]

Awesome manager! Thank you! - A server.

[@milliifranklin8339]

If they don’t smoke they’re obviously not stressed enough 😂

[@Vaeland]

Damn if I had a manager like you at the restaurants I’ve worked at then I wouldn’t have picked up smoking 😂

[@Andrey-rc6wp]

I took a 1 week vacation and I had it in writing that a coworker was supposed to cover my work. I came back, nothing was done. After confronting my manager, she says, "If I didn't think you could handle catching up, I wouldn't have approved your vacation." I responded with "Whether you like it or not, you lied. You told me someone would cover, and you couldn't keep your word on that." And proceeded to hand EVERYTHING in 1 week late exactly. I could have caught up in a few days but it was the principle of it. I stayed there another 3 weeks before I got an offer letter from a competitor and switched over. Much more relaxing and better pay.

[@terintiaflavius3349]

Good for you. Your old company was shady as heck.

[@aarona4759]

Kudos to you for standing your ground

[@GothamandGomorrah]

Well done for acting your wage 👏

[@bruhelbruh6293]

You handled that very well. Nicely done

[@deadcut7282]

Fuck around and find out.

[@amazingdoorbob5458]

As a parent myself, these kinds of parents disgust me. Your children are YOUR responsibility, YOU chose to have them, you don't get to demand other people support you because you chose to be a parent. It's okay to ask for help, it's not okay to demand people help you because you weren't ready to be a parent.

[@miketyson_420]

there were so many times I stayed home alone sick because my mom had to work. the only time she ever called out was when I was sick enough to warrant an ER or unplanned doctor visit. it just is what it is- builds character, anyway 😂

[@Remedy462]

​@@miketyson_420Aww, I'm sorry you were in the same boat as me buddy. Well, eventually, when we got a little older, it was awesome being home alone, even if the illness was a little nasty.

[@tricorvus2673]

❤

[@Wimlan]

I mean, if your small child is sick and you have to stay at home, it can't be helped. But it is on the employer and not another employee to solve. I hate managers who try to make it their workers' fault that they haven't hired enough people.

[@Demon_Tiem]

Just a story on that smoke break part. I had a boss that got so annoyed with his managers taking smoke breaks so constantly and leaving us hanging. It got to a point where he told them that whenever they'd come back from their little break I'd have to stop what I was doing and go sit down for the same amount of time they were gone. "I don't care what you do, go grab a cookie or something. Just do not come back until that that time is up." his exact words. I miss that dude man...

[@Shadowwarrior2288]

We need more people like your old manager. I would be on break all day 😂

[@billweirdo9657]

As a smoker I highly agree with your x boss. When I was a manager I only smoked on my breaks, I didn't allow others to have smoke breaks either. My stance was " we get 2 15 min breaks and long lunch breaks, this is more than generous you can go 2 hours between smokes that also means no sneaking a smoke in to go for a cardboard / trash run... we get paid to do a job not take breaks.... I also didn't allow cell phones unless your on break. Work time is for the job not for the employee. The funny thing was almost all my employees were smokers and they never b*thed about my policies.

[@MIAPhilly]

Killer boss! We all need him

[@vikingvanguard1924]

No smoker cares if you do this... I speak for all smokers when i say that you should just take the same 10 Minute break as us, just without smoking.

[@Mallrat8391]

@@billweirdo9657 it's been like that with every job I've had except one, and I've never felt the need to slip off for a smoke between breaks. The one job where I didn't just smoke on my breaks was when I worked in KFC when I was in my early 20's and I would smoke whenever I wanted. Whenever we had new starters, they would ask the managers why I was allowed to smoke whenever I wanted but they weren't. The managers said to them that they could do what I do if they wanted, but they'd have to work 4/5 16-20hr shifts a week and not take the lunch break we were allotted. Needless to say none of them opted to do that lol

[@TheCharleseye]

My wife and I have kids. I work for myself, so I'm good. She works for a company, so she schedules her vacation time at the beginning of the year, every year. How do we know that far in advance, when we're gonna go on vacation? BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS. Their schools dictate when their vacations are, so that tells us exactly when we're going to take off. Karen knew damn well when her kids were gonna be out of school. Fail to plan and plan to fail.

[@jakeylakey619]

Exactly, Christmas and Birthdays are the same date every year.

[@daitokronia3649]

Exactly, an objective understanding of how much time you can spend with your kids, leads to better decisions in regards to how much time you can give them in a particular moment

[@missinterpretation4984]

Exactly

[@supereee7]

I have kids and a full time job and I 100% agree with this statement.

[@MikeHawk82Wrox]

Word.

[@Graveyard-Senpai]

Ive had this happen before but my boss's reaction was different. I requested a week off to see my gf in California. (She was in grad school at the time and I was still in my home state working). I requested this more than half a year ahead of time. Well when it came closer to my vacation time, my older coworkers started to complain because they wanted that week off too but were all denied. My boss was like "Well he requested off before everyone so he got that time off". When i found out people were complaining, I said to them, "Well request off ahead of time then. Idk why you're all mad for. Youve been working here longer than me. I just did what our boss told us to do".

[@virocska]

and that's how bosses should react in these kind of situations.

[@xiii0722]

Just as it should be

[@Frosty1026]

Good on you for standing up for yourself one cause I’m sure they’d try to bully you and your boss for holding them accountable as well and two for actually doing what you should do and give ample time for your boss to work with you

[@Graveyard-Senpai]

@@Frosty1026 Thank you man. I just do my job and go home with no bs. If I want some time off, I request it way ahead of time

[@Goodgodgetagripgirl]

​@@Frosty1026why would you think they would bully that person? Are workplace dynamics where you're from always so horrible and psychologically unsafe? Why don't you report any of these behavior to HR?

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

I dealt with this a lot when I was a young, shift worker without kids. I had to explain to my manager once that kids don't give my colleagues priority over me for time off, vacation dates, etc. To his credit, I only had to explain it once to him.

[@brianamaddox]

I hate the mentality of “no kids = no family” Like I still have a family! It’s like people forget that siblings, parents, grandparents, etc still exist and are family. Your lack of planning doesn’t make it my problem/emergency

[@laurengross2084]

Yesss!! This would happen to me all the time at my old job. I don’t have kids and I always took off Mother’s Day weekend plus my Bday falls on/around that time as well. I would always put in my time off super far in advance and get approved. My coworkers (with kids) would be pissed when they couldn’t get their time off. They would ask me to switch or cancel my PTO and of course it was always a no. Then their response would be “but you don’t have kids”. Yea but I have a mother who would probably like to see me wtf! 😂

[@immanuelcunt7296]

Yeah but you didn't start a family, and you've ended the bloodline of your family that would go through you

[@Frosty1026]

Facts it’s like bosses forgot oh hey I still have a mom and dad too and damn they had a mom and dad and no matter how old they get guess what you still have a mom and dad lmao

[@0nearmedbandit]

If anything, those Kids got years ahead of them to go to Disneyland... My grandpa only has a couple of years left tops.... so SCREW that mentality. Family is Family..

[@mlamarana]

EXACTLY!! I am not some street urchin!! I have plenty family just because I don’t have kids 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Demedich1]

There is only one time that I abdicated my scheduled time off for a coworker at the last minute. The reason was because his father had died and the funeral was in the middle of the half week I had off. I had 0 problem giving it up. That is something I can completely understand. Unless something as sudden and tragic as that has happened, it is nothing but entitlement to ask somebody to give up their prescheduled time off at the last minute for your last minute plans.

[@audreym3908]

That is the only exception I can understand

[@aissamelharuati6275]

Even then, it shouldn't be on you to accommodate, but on the boss to do so.... Can't he put business aside when something tragic like that happens?

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

But… Disneyworld!!

[@naglfar6305]

You're a good one

[@meowy4720]

@@aissamelharuati6275 Exactly. if the boss wanted to give the coworker that day off, then he should have just given it to him instead of making another worker's problem.

[@ImGazu]

"IM A KID!" "You're a grown-ass man, what are you talking about?" "That doesn't matter, I'M MY MAMA'S KID!" True. I'm nearly 30 and every time I go and visit my parents my mom always greets me with "Is that my oldest son?". It really doesn't matter how old you are to them you'll always be their kid. God I love my mom.

[@GrimlyYours]

Aw 💕 That's sweet!!

[@albar.3038]

We’ll always be their kids in their eyes 🥹♥️

[@suzys8558]

aww, that's so cute.

[@YourMomsNewHusband]

Real talk bro. I turn 28 in two weeks so I'm going home for a week to see family and friends and my mom said "Ooo I can't wait til my baby comes home! Tell me everything you wanna eat so I can start cooking before you get to the airport" Shit makes my heart smile ❤

[@damndisplace07]

What the fuck does that have to do with the narrative of the video?😒

[@sharonbowers9929]

I agree. I had a smoker quit on me because I told her to smoke on her breaks. She was outraged that I expected her to be at her post.

[@jenn2894]

when I was working when my kids were younger, I missed so many of my kids award ceremonies at school bc i didn't put in my requests in time. which was completely my fault. I couldn't fathom using the mom card to get special treatment, having kids doesn't make my time my important than anyone else's.

[@jakes658]

No, that's the shitty nature of capitalism. You should not have had to miss out...

[@ilyrich]

@Angie bills gotta be paid can't just up and quit

[@Frosty1026]

@Angie well that’s mighty convenient for you to quit a job whenever you want sacrifices have to be made in life and sometimes just quitting ain’t everyone’s answer

[@masterace9543]

​@@Frosty1026Bruh it ain't that deep, they was referring to themselves, not the op, not that it should be easy to quit a job and find a new one. I'm pretty sure we all that same thought of wanting a more flexible job, but we don't go around shitting on others for it

[@NPC_037]

Mom of the year here

[@melanieg760]

As someone without children, I experience this ALL the time. Just because you're child free doesn't mean you dont want to spend time with your extended family. There's an expectation that you will be willing to give up every holiday, volunteer for stuff outside of work hours, etc because someone else has kids.

[@MusMasi]

Its like they think people without kids of their own just sprung out of the ground from nothing? Preach has a very good point.

[@nunyabusiness2945]

My workplace doesn’t play that way. The only thing we try to do is alternate years for big events if there’s ever any shortage. I also work in hospital so it may be a little different than most places. So say if my coworker and I are the only two on my team to be able to cover a certain task and he took Christmas last year, I’ll get preference to take Christmas this year. But generally we try to make it so everyone can take their holiday.

[@XSpamDragonX]

How easy is your life and you still have this victim complex? Thanks for being selfish and dedicating your whole life to yourself. Can't wait for all those kids you hate to be paying for your retirement.

[@Jefferey04]

Well yeah you don't have any other major commitments and that makes it easier to ask you. Just means you get ahead compared to the people with kids

[@johnmorrison5502]

@@Jefferey04 that is true. I have no kids and I had coworkers that did and left at 4:45 on the dot or couldn’t do things after hours. I would have to solve issues and be involved in meetings a lot. This is in tech and that meant I was solving bigger problems, building experience, being on calls solving problems with the CTO and tech managers. It helped my career a lot and I got involved in things I normally wouldn’t have and built that experience.

[@crazygamer_1082]

When my MOM wanted to take us all to Disney World (keep in mind, we were broke-she had to take out a loan. She had just finished her Master’s degree and she had a whole job) she planned it MONTHS in advance. Her boss knew, her co-workers knew, her co-workers helped her with the vacation months in advance. Because she is a responsible adult who knows that she has two kids, a husband, and a job to worry about. If this woman wanted a vacation, she should have planned it better. Woe is her, don’t feel bad

[@6thgraderfriends]

I was going to say, it's literally Christmas week she's talking about. If she wanted to take her kids someplace that week she should have put in for it in advance as well. Not waited until right before.

[@BabyKangaroo279]

This what I was thinking. I plan my and my family’s doctors months in advance. What constitutes as a planning problem for that person is not a “we” problem, not a “me” problem.

[@systematic101]

I suspect she wasn't planning on going to Disney. I think she was just using that and the kids as possible leverage to get the time off. My family (me, my wife, and 2 kids) are going to PEI this summer. We planned it 8 months in advance. No one plans Disney land 2 days in advance. That shit is planned months in advance. Especially if it's over Christmas.

[@yakzivz1104]

exactly your mom was responsible unlike this Karen in this video.

[@Frosty1026]

@@systematic101 thank you I grew up in ORL and it took my family weeks to plan a day at Disney it was an hour away including traffic ain’t no way someone out of state planned this in one night this takes weeks if not months to plan especially world It’s massive and you wanna do everything you can especially if you’re outta state cause it’s so expensive

[@Coolkem1]

I left a job for a similar reason. The pto was approved a month in advance for me to get a week to finish my thesis. They cancelled it at the end of my last shift before my pto. My supervisor basically said take it up with the owner/manager who was on holiday. I called the manager who would not pick up. But when i didn’t show up he called me right quick! 😂 I refused to go and quit.

[@bavelar8775]

The really annoying part is that no one plans a week trip like that at the last minute. That lady knew for awhile and failed to take action.

[@leonwilliams3221]

Exactly, I’m going Disneyland next week for my daughters birthday, I planned it before her birthday last year… and told my boss straightaway to get my holidays in 🤣… any reasonable parents thinks like this because last minute plans never workout haha

[@ahub87]

Yeah that triggered me. Trips in general but especially Disneyland trips require planning…more than a week out

[@onionfarmer3044]

Oh you would be surprised. I bet she woke up one morning and just threw the kitchen sink in a suitcase.

[@mysticstrikeforce5957]

yha i hate that jobs do that. Like i plan my vacations out but sometimes people will want to invite me to things like a week or within the week.

[@LimiLimi7]

On the day of the lockdown, my HR sent all parents and chronically ill people home. I emailed them back about discrimination. I told them like Preach. “I’m somebody’s child and I don’t deserve more exposure to the virus just because I’m healthy and childless.” This is also a company that had all of these obstacles that prevented us from working from home. But all of a sudden they found a way 😒 anywho, good on that woman!

[@liznichols4916]

I don't disagree, but schools and daycares put us in a bad spot. They just decided that the doors were closing with no expected return date and screw us. My workplace made work from home an option for all though so we were able to make it work. Teleworking is no longer an option 🙄 but we have school and daycare back now so it's all good.

[@LimiLimi7]

@@liznichols4916 i completely understand needing to be home for your kids. No problem there. But due to the emergency of the pandemic, they should’ve just sent us all home at the same time. The schools closed due to the pandemic so that means everybody was at risk. If it was a virus that only affected kids and the chronically ill, then I wouldn’t have felt any ways about it.

[@liznichols4916]

@@LimiLimi7 I get that! Thankfully ours did. I had to go in and say I would either be teleworking effective the next week or they would have to consider this my resignation. It sucked, but we made it.

[@CEWIII9873]

they did not count all of your illegitimate children?

[@esotericleigh]

Cry about it

[@Enidub]

The sentiment behind Preach saying "I'm a kid" is so right! No way my mother would accept me not coming after all that planning because some lady wants to take her children to bloody Disneyland (of all places); she would have replied "What about me seeing my children that I don't live with anymore? Tell that lady no"

[@troybaxter]

You will always be a kid in your momma's eyes. Preach is 100% right.

[@MusMasi]

Its like they think people without kids of their own just sprung out of the ground from nothing? Preach has a very good point.

[@lkofie6670]

I tell you...some time ago, I had a co-worker who was denied time off because I was scheduled off. At times, when or unless you have someone willing to switch shifts or fill in for you, then you can have your time off. So... after talking about it to his work clique, this co-worker had the audacity to approach me and say that he heard I had time off for the same period he needed off so he wants to know if I'm going anywhere because if I'm not, he wants to know if he can take that time off instead. I looked at him in awe asking "What difference does it make what I'm doing or not doing? I pre-scheduled my time off which was approved so I'm taking it."

[@hengineer]

To be fair, I think it's ok to ask. It's how they behave AFTER you turn them down that tells everything.

[@lkofie6670]

@hengineer The point is, why would it make a difference, and how is it anyone's business what you're doing on your time off just because that person wanted that time and was denied? So in the event they deem what you have planned on YOUR time off as "nothing major" or "she/he isn't traveling anywhere so what does she/he really need that time off for" they can pretty much gossip and pester you into not taking off so that they can have the days instead. Yet, even if I wanted to just sleep the whole time, it's what I WANT to do on my time off. It's not for other people to determine why anyone should or shouldn't take off simply because they want the time instead. Either you schedule the time in advance to increase your chances of getting the request approved or you cut your losses.

[@jikook7457]

She should've told her boss "I know what u mean about parents needing to spend time with their kids. MY mom needs to spend time with her child, ME! So I'm going to spend time with my mom.". Period

[@gsmith5140]

I thought the same.

[@rymic72]

Never any thought of dad 😞

[@Remedy462]

​@@rymic72If it makes you feel better, my Dad is the sweetest person in my family and we all love him unconditionally and think about him and his feelings alot.

[@MissKitty944]

I experienced the same at my first job. Because I didn't have 6 didn't need to have the holiday off (I'm a nurse) as I didn't have family. WTF! I just fell from the sky as an orphan? My family wanted me at holidays too.

[@cyberturkey77]

PERIODTTTTTTT

[@adityakumaraswamy968]

I am a single guy in my 30s, and it's been the norm for the entirety of my career where I've been asked to reschedule my vacation because someone with family & kids needed it more! I stopped planning my vacations around holidays & festivals. But on one instance, I wanted it around holidays, and it became such a big issue where it was pointed out that I am single, no kids or family, and I just lost it and asked my manager does he think I just happen to come out of the ground? I am someone's kid, which is why I am in this world and I am part of a family & I need to see them. All those years of accommodating for others didn't matter! And yes, I took the vacation, and it did come up in my performance review.

[@maliciousconspiracy1448]

Wow these ppl are insane.

[@Chessica450-m3d]

The one time you rightfully stand up for yourself even in a professional manner they will hold it against you!! Make you out to be unprofessional, not a team player and hold your job over your head and gaslight you!!

[@pamelamitchell8789]

My husband volunteered to be on call over Christmas day, he had a call out that involved a total of 20 minutes and got 8 hours pay and extra day of paid leave ! Yay LOL

[@raheelahmed5555]

this is a great opportunity for you, document all these instances and what your management says and take it to an employment lawyer- also be vocal about how the work environment is toxic in an email to your boss- your welcome for the 6 figure settlement

[@lilpriestess]

I would take that straight to HR if you haven’t already.

[@redheadfan1]

I’m an American Sign Language interpreter, deal with having to help kids communicate with their parents because they refuse to learn sign. It blows my mind how thoughtless so many parents are to even their own kids.

[@Jane-Roe1126]

Wow, really? Those poor kids.

[@liznichols4916]

Dang! That's cold!

[@CEWIII9873]

what is the "sign" to say: I don't care about this?

[@redheadfan1]

@@Jane-Roe1126 The last time I checked 72% of hearing parents never bother to learn sign. I've learned I have advocate past the assignment.

[@BonazaiGirl]

This absolutely shocks me. My mom and I babysat a deaf three year old for several months and we made it a point to learn sign from either KZbin or my mom’s free classes her jobs offer. Wasn’t even our kid. And while I don’t want children, I’d definitely make it a point to learn ASL to communicate with them if they’re deaf.

[@tomfrost6049]

I had coworkers who would say they needed Christmas off because they had kids. Mind you, I'm a single dad of 2, and I never beefed about not having a Christmas off for over 10 years on that job. The one year they rosyered me off for Christmas these coworkers (who were a couple) tried to manipulate rhe roster to swap my shifts so they could have Christmas off. If they had asked me to swap I'd have swapped because those Christmas rates are so nice on the wallet... but if you try to be sneaky I'm going to be petty as hell lmao

[@ChooseLoveToday316]

I worked in the corporate world 15 years. Stuff like this and drama and worse - bullying and sabotage was common. There were people I genuinely believe were evil that hoped they could emotionally hurt other coworkers enough to get them to self terminate. I got into caregiving. It's the only time I've actually been proud of what I do, that I try to alleviate suffering of another person and bring some happiness. It's the only job i've ever had where I like to talk about what I do. To be fair I can't have biological kids so I don't need to hit 6 figure income or something.

[@jessielynn]

I’m so glad you found something you love and are proud of. That’s more important than 6 figures. Life needs to be lived out of love, not out of material possessions. Good for you! You’re winning!

[@MusMasi]

Fulfilling life of service is more admirable to me than cutthroat 6 figures. I have a lot of respect for people who work in caregiving.

[@Bornagainvillain]

A kid at my job quit because one girl was bullying him. Turned a portion of the department against him, all because he got back with a girl her homie was interested in, and the dude had hella history with her at that. That department was so cliqued up that they all called out at once, and left the rest of us fighting a uphill battle down to hell for that day.

[@darkriku12]

This is why I like engineering lmao. Everybody too busy designing and figuring out shit to cause issues, and we're paid enough to not be stressed about that either. Management can be management, but that's it lmao

[@christianhernandez6748]

Good for you op. I worked in a similar situation, where they tried to emotionally manipulate me. I didn’t care, but then they started spreading false rumors and blaming me for the low work performance. Almost on the verge of being fired. Crazy thing is, I was pulling their work slack because I expected that the work wasn’t gonna be done.I also put that work in their name so they wouldn’t get reprimanded. Know what happened? I stopped giving her credit, worked my ass off and put EVERYTHING in my name. Turns out, the boss noticed this and figured out I was helping them with their work requirements and her grievances about me was all bs. They ended up quitting because her work performance tanked horribly. Biting the hands that feeds you, eat shit J.

[@UnknownNev]

Imagine thinking you deserve preferential treatment for doing something the entire human race has accomplished for millennia.

[@condesabeatriz9303]

Lol!!! Exactly!!!

[@Swainz]

Might as well tag most mothers 💀

[@brettstarks1846]

And imagine expecting non-blood relatives to give a crap about your kids, lol.

[@sjappiyah4071]

@@danwarb1 No , only the single women did . The mom only scheduled time off a week in advance. She did not go through the proper channels. She didn’t deserve it at that moment… Unless it was a health emergency of course but for a simple Disney trip ? Kiss my rear.

[@Eking-su3tr]

☕️ ☕️

[@gutz1982]

True story: I once worked for a boss who while I was working there complained he had not taken a holiday in over 3 years. I was scheduled to have surgery for a medical issue I had. I was called in the same week he had his holiday and I knew why were under staffed and if I had the surgery, he would have had to cancel his holiday. So I postponed it and told him. About four months later, I had another chance to go, but it was during the Christmas season, one week before the 25th and in our industry (meat) its the busiest time for us. And I said "This issue needs to get sorted, I have to go." He was shaming me and crapping about how he is questioning my employment due to my lack of care for the business (his business I may add) and I said "I could have done it before, but I knew it would have meant you lost your holiday." And he replied "Nobody asked you to cancel it then." So I agreed to go to the surgery, with the promise I would still come in to work the next day." So, with an open hole in my body that needed a nurse to bandage it within the wound to close inside out over two weeks, I went to work and seeing how weak I was and limping to work, he yelled at me for having the surgery and being frail. I almost passed out several times and he would not let me pick up the phone from the nurse appointment I had that day to change my bandage, and the care center concerned called my godfather saying "We are afraid something may have happened to your godson" And he started to call, and my boss still would not let me pick up my phone. So just before my godfather was about to jump into his car to see if I was still alive (he lived 3 hours away) his son called as he knew my work's number and told my boss to put me on the phone and he told me what happened. It was then I said to hell with it and just went to the clinic to change my bandage anyway. At the end of the day, these bosses don't care about you. You are not "Special" to your job. You are just another tool to be used, and if you break, they will just replace you.

[@chapacoka]

Sounds like a lawsuit.

[@toasterboy2003]

@@chapacoka pretty much

[@MusMasi]

that is straight up diabolical.

[@datheamore6395]

The sooner people realize this sad but valid fact, the sooner you either work gor yourself or at least prioritize your health above the job. Sorry you had to go through this, but at least now you know the truth.

[@franciscogonzalez-iii880]

Did you sue the boss

[@NA-kp1lk]

Her exact scenerio happened to me. My family had planned an overseas family reunion and purchased tickets more than 6 months ahead. A few days before leaving my manager sais i can't leave because she was taking her kids to disney. I told her that was unfortunate because tickets were non refundable and if she was going to want me to stay she would have to pay tickets for my entire family. She went to our CEO yes she did. The guy declined her request and told her she would owe me the tickets if she forced me to cancel my trip. My sister goes through this all the time. She has to vacation on the same week every year because her manager travels on vaca weekly yes weekly and she has to take over for her. Because of this she has not joined us for a family vaca in over 10 years and will be missing yet another one this summer.

[@jonas000111]

This is why I keep coworkers at arms length. Coworkers are not your friends. I see this shit happen all the time. Good for her for calling it out but putting this crap on social media puts a target on your back. Legal, illegal whatever getting blackballed is a thing.

[@tyronedasher5408]

Facts

[@richardbossman9875]

So are lawsuits.

[@Marwolaeth01]

This was advice given to me when I was 17 and entering the workplace. People you work with are not your friends, they're colleagues at best. Over the years I've even shared this philosophy with people I've worked with, much to the annoyance of fellow workers who do not think this way. And then had to bite my tongue as I've watched these "close friendships" result in jealousy as someone gets a promotion over them, or stabs them in the back when something goes wrong and they risked losing their job. I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule, but you're forced together and to get along for the sake of your jobs. Can't be certain of how authentic that truly is.

[@Michael-pl9lw]

@@Marwolaeth01 I agree with you 100%. I've seen it, too.

[@jonas000111]

@@Marwolaeth01 yes or people thinking they are buddies with their boss thinking they will move up faster and get a reality check when their boss takes advantage of you to do the shit nobody wants to do as a "favor" including cancelling vacations like this situation.

[@emilyturner837]

I requested off to go to Miami for Halloween and a coworker wanted me to change my plans so she could take her kids trick or treating. Girl you knew when Halloween was. My flight and hotels are paid 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@gsmith5140]

😮 Unbelievable!

[@oscar.esteves]

100%

[@hengineer]

Exactly. She should have put in for it a long time ago.

[@stevebotham2018]

Not your circus not your monkey's not your problem

[@patrice2335]

Why your butt coming to me, bye bye bye 🙄

[@katfig8926]

As someone with kids it’s irritating how people who got cream pied think they’re special. I remember being treated like whatever when I didn’t have kids and I still remember how it feels. Proud to say I’ve never used my kids as an excuse for BS. That’s a horrible boss and coworker. F them.

[@martincerny3294]

cream pied :D

[@randomdude4504]

'Cream pied' 💀

[@Frosty1026]

My god cream pied lmao but for real tho congrats you popped out a kid from getting cummed in you it’s not a get out of jail card lol

[@crystallight328]

Shid I still use my kids. If I don’t feel like coming to work. I just say “my kids are sick” 😂

[@Jane-Roe1126]

agree

[@Seako-co1ms]

As a college student I worked in restaurants and during the holidays was really the only time I could get a day to myself after the endless grind of working going to school full time.but I would dread the workers with kids asking me to take their shift too and the managers would say hey you’re young single etc like I had the time of my life. So working double shifts and getting no thanks. The best one was where a coworker was getting married. It was a coffee sandwich shop type place and I would cook as well as waitress. This woman had the same job so naturally I was to fill in for her. That was ok but here’s the kick while everyone went to the wedding this woman comes up to me after the wedding and asks about the absence of a wedding present I had forgotten to give her. Duh? I said oh my wedding present is working for you filling in your shift then doing my own.

[@C.O._Jones]

This is why I never tell coworkers anything about my private life. They have no idea whether or not I have children, what religion I am, what hobbies I have, etc.

[@joyhope9486]

For real. These people are just familiar due to the amount of time you spend with them on a regular basis. These people are not your friends nor are they your confidants.

[@Panafrocanam2]

That's really the best. Co workers can't really be trusted even with different job titles. Lots of jealousy at work

[@elskid206]

I don't believe you

[@C.O._Jones]

@@elskid206 You say that as if your opinion should matter to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BluntMoney420]

@@joyhope9486NGL you work w some 💩 people then.

[@jenndesharnais6101]

I have kids now but I am totally on the side of the girl with no kids. This kind of stuff happened to me a bunch of times when I was young and didn't have kids yet and it's not fair at all. I had a job where everyone had kids... I was the only one without kids but I was called to fill in every time someone had to call in because of issues with there kids. I gave up so many plans to fill in for all these other people. I finally put my foot down and told them it wasn't my responsibility to fill in every time there kids got a cold or there babysitter bailed. I didn't have a problem helping the people I worked with...but they soon started to just take advantage of me and I had to start saying no. So I completely get why this young woman is irritated.

[@becca53444]

As someone who also planned my vacations months in advance at my job, I am on her side. Nobody can make you give up your time off that you earned and are using correctly. That’s their problem, not yours

[@hughle9617]

Yes! It’s so frustrating when you’re responsible and plan things and inform of your plan months in advance and they just prioritize someone who just asked for time off the day of. I used to work at my friend’s restaurant and I told her hey my cousin’s wedding is in September it is now May, so you’re not gonna schedule me for the whole 2 weeks ok bc I’m flying to another country for this. The time came despite having reminded them and talked about my cousin and how excited and happy I was going to be to see her married in Canada (a whole different country and I’ll be there for 2 weeks to help with everything). The owner/former friend said hey could you please find covers for your shifts during that time? I was like I told you months in advance we talked about this all the time when we hang out. Yeah but it slipped my mind and I already approved a couple other people’s PTOs. I was like “I’m still gonna be your friend, and I’m gonna go see my cousin getting married, I grew up with this cousin and she’s basically my older sister to me. I’m not missing this over my part time job. You’re gonna have to find someone else to work for you if you insist I find my own covers”. After the family wedding, I came back and resumed work as usual, my friend had to hire a whole new part time employee to fill my role while I’m gone bc she was gonna go vacation too. I found a different job after and soon faded out from the 4 years friendship/part time job. Oh I was their very first employee after being friends for a year too, stuck around for 3 years and physically built the restaurant during its construction and decoration stages FOR FREE. I’m keeping every friendship at an arm length after this and still sticking to my principle

[@stonergee420]

@@hughle9617 didn’t read all of it but damn you sure got alot time on your hand 🤚🏽

[@hughle9617]

@@stonergee420 I have severe ADHD and I was doing 2 different things while typing comments

[@Littlelikeme92]

This topic has always been a touchy one for me. As a single, childless, woman in my early 30’s, I have always been treated like my time is less valuable than those with children. I worked at a beauty school as an educator. We started opening the school on Saturdays so the students could come in and make up hours. But since I was the only one who didn’t have kids I got stuck working at the school every Saturday. I worked as a massage therapist at the time and I had my own business. I made $60 an hour doing massage. I made $13 an hour at the school. I explained to them I couldn’t keep working Saturdays at the school because I was losing so much money as Saturday was the busiest day of the week. I got pulled into the office and was essentially told that because I couldn’t work every Saturday they had to close on Saturdays. I couldn’t wrap my mind around it. Why can’t we all switch off? We each work a Saturday a month so it’s even. But no. They tried that and no one would agree to it. I also got stuck doing front desk in addition to being the floor educator at the beauty school with no extra compensation because no one else was willing to give up their evenings with their kids. Ugh.

[@249Bubbles]

My old boss used to use the "my kids" excuse for everything. She was in her mid 30's and would make brand new, college-aged supervisors pull doubles on the weekends and open/close alone so she could "spend time with her kids." She took vacations ALL the time "for her kids." She would have to leave early on Black Friday (this was retail) or take off holidays so she could spend time with "her kids." When she first came onto the team, I remember her asking all of us managers who were working below her if any of us had kids. This was via text, before any of us met her face to face! We all said no... all of us were in our 20's. She would also guilt trip us if any of us had any legitimate reason to take time off, and refuse our time off requests. There was one time I was incredibly sick, there way past my shift, and almost passing out on the sales floor, and she blew up at me because I said I really needed to go home because I was so sick. Just how she was with all of us. Also turned out... she didn't have any bio kids; they were her boyfriend's kids, and they were teenagers. And frankly I'm pretty sure they hated her because she was a stone cold b!tc4. All of us quit soon after she came onto the team lol. All that to say that I think all these "but my kids!" excuses are garbage. Other people have lives and needs too.

[@onionfarmer3044]

And those other people weren't bosses so...

[@TamaraGKing]

I feel you, when people try to use that ish on me, I say me too (I don't have kids, but I have two dog daughters 😉😜😅🤭🤣😂🐕🐕‍🦺 looool And if they know they are dogs, and say I didn't give birth to them, it doesn't count. My rebuttal is that it's no different than me adopting a child, or using a surrogate 😅😅😅

[@249Bubbles]

@@onionfarmer3044 Exactly. The general manager is the person who should be the most accountable and responsible in the entire establishment, there through thick and thin. Otherwise, what is she being paid 10x everyone else for. Wasn't even doing her own job but rather shoving all of her personal duties onto everyone else. Crazy.

[@249Bubbles]

@@TamaraGKing tell 'em!! 😂 In the future my response is just going to be "I'm infertile"... because it's no one else's business what my home life is anyway lol.

[@soyboytroy148]

College aged just means adult.

[@AliceAlways911]

So Karen wants to spend time with her kids but grown adults aren't allowed to spend with their parents. She did what she was supposed to do as far as requesting off so there should be absolutely no problem.

[@houseofhas9355]

Smells like a lawsuit check to me. If they pressure her to do it. She can make bank. She sitting on a gold mine but may not see as that.

[@oz_jones]

Also, im 100% Karen didnt talk to her first

[@Superbatmanbro]

Bro lady Is crazy to use the you do understand what It’s like to have kids bull crap excuse on is down right stupid and I don’t give a damn about your feelings or kids feelings and especially your spouse feelings and the bosses feelings to . I’m going on that vacation I planned months ago

[@onionfarmer3044]

It's even worse. She basically punishing other parents and acting like she's a higher priority of parent.

[@ragebait988]

@@onionfarmer3044 a mother and her child is higher priority in society over some spinster lol

[@craig8195]

Keep in mind, in A LOT of cases, these are the same people who openly say that they enjoy coming into the office to get away from their kids. Meanwhile, us child-free people are like, "Yeah... I enjoy my own company more than I do yours."

[@Jane-Roe1126]

LOL

[@mackenzieneal1660]

I love it. Introvert power activate.

[@jessicakinnaman3082]

I would have told her “so I’m suppose to make my mom cry so you can do a last minute trip with your kids!” Get out here lady….sheesh the nerve.

[@lizard8694]

If you're a parent you should be responsible enough to prepare for vacations and ask off in advance just like everyone else. If she can't even do that and she has kids, I can't imagine how bad her regular scheduling is.

[@isitoveryet9525]

A good boss wouldn’t have allowed this to happen. I get the mom was entitled, but the boss didn’t have to indulge that behavior

[@lizard8694]

​​​@@isitoveryet9525 it definitely seems as if she's been able get away with it before, the boss is being irresponsible by putting two coworkers against each other instead of doing their damn job. Not that it would've been any better, but why did he make the girl tell Karen that she can't go on vacation, but didn't tell Karen to ask the girl herself? There's some favoritism going on. Also, who spontaneously decides to go to Disneyland? Unless you live close, that's a hefty travel expense by itself, nevermind how expensive Disneyland. Everyone but the woman getting screwed over is so immature.

[@MusMasi]

Exactly

[@sonzai9441]

Maybe they're his kids though 😂

[@ragebait988]

@@isitoveryet9525 I have to wonder what the other side of the story is. Childless young women are the most entitled scum on the face of the earth, I bet the mother is a lovely person who doesn’t go online making videos about her coworkers for likes and views either. But we will never know..

[@jakestumm4101]

I once put a PTO request 3 weeks in advance, but a co-worker was able to use a sob story and her seniority to get those days off. I called out anyway and got a write up.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Wtf

[@brittneysperspective8433]

Same thing i did before

[@JohnnyZenith]

How much PTO or holiday as we say in the UK were you entitled to a year? 4 weeks minimum is mandatory here but many have 5 or more not including all the national holidays. In my place you wanted more than 5 you could buy more days. I also got 6 month full paid sick leave and 6 months half pay.

[@MrHorse-by3mp]

@@JohnnyZenith Legally, zero days. Practically speaking the reality isn't *that* bad.

[@jakestumm4101]

@@JohnnyZenith Well when I was working at Costco it was based on how many PTO hours you accrued. As long as you never called out sick, you could store up as much as you wanted. But most places usually give you 15 days as a start.

[@Hijodeganas1]

As a parent, that woman was ABSOLUTELY in the right. If I want to do something with my kids/family, I plan and inform my boss months in advance because I understand that my family is not my coworkers' responsibility, they're MINE. If it so happens that someone else planned with more foresight than me, so be it. We'll adjust and we'll live.

[@onlypestilence6116]

I worked with a guy who asked me "if you can take smoke breaks can I take oxygen breaks?" I told him yeah that's fair go for it dude.

[@jasmynelliott]

I had a coworker like this who would plan vacations at the drop of a hat and expect the rest of us to cover her because she needed to spend time with her kids. Ma’am, you work part time and you live with them. I sure you see them plenty. Poor planning on your part doesn’t constitute an emergency on mine.

[@jaypritchett6846]

My hubby works with a lot of lazy guys that won’t show up for work, just because they don’t want to sometimes. And because of that, he has to take the shifts 🙄 *But,* one time, a dude got maternity leave _with_ his girlfriend/wife! And while he was off, he worked a side job, with the equipment from the company they worked for! (My hubby works in a roofing warehouse and the dude started cleaning roofs)

[@louiswillhauck5572]

“Poor planning on your end doesn’t constitute an emergency on mine” ABSOLUTELY CORRECT 👍

[@chrisreynoldsartwork]

This seems like a common trait for women to do. And they have the nerve to say they only make 77¢ for every dollar a man makes, that's because the man is busy doing the job she was hired to do while she stayed home with the kids she chose to have!

[@juliankurniawan7555]

I heard that from stewie

[@ArchEpoch]

I was a software engineer working on a proof of concept project that needed us to stay late and put in extra hours to get the project done by the deadline. A customer deadline. There where four of us me and another single guy and two guys with kids. The guys with kids were always allowed to go home at normal time and us single guys were expected to stay late and get the extra work done. I am glad I don't work there anymore

[@Catchcookie]

Did you got paid for the extra hours?

[@ArchEpoch]

@@Catchcookie no we where salaried. We got dinner sometimes, but that was about it.

[@SCOOBYGD]

​@@ArchEpoch you got played. My moto is all or none.

[@ArchEpoch]

@@SCOOBYGD don't I know it. I was young and didn't really know better.

[@JohnnyEnigma]

If the other guys with kids didn’t do their fair share of work, then that was foul of them. If they did though, then too bad. I am a father and there were plenty of times that I was looked cross eyed at because I left on time to see my kids in their events. I also made up my time, but I don’t have to OR need to explain to any coworker when or what time I’m completing my work. Got a problem? Talk to the boss. Meanwhile I get my work done AND enjoy my family. Period.

[@Greeneyez5]

Did she forget she had children till 48 hours before?! Must've been a shock 😮

[@goatcheese7011]

I was in the military and scheduled a time to go on leave. A female decided she wanted to go on leave after two weeks i put in. My First Sergeant came and asked if i could cut my time on vacation. I told him no. It's clear across the country, and she just decided she wanted to go home. He told me to tell her i wasn't going to. She cried, i said you have next year. 😂😂😂

[@JitteryJackanape]

Your kids, your problem. I had this happen to me when I worked at Walmart. They asked me if I could reschedule my vacation because someone else with kids was trying to take one at the same time. They approved mine. I hadn't seen my brother in 3 years because he was stationed in Hawaii and I missed him finishing basic training for the army as well. He was gonna go see our mom, before being reassigned to Germany. Which means I wouldn't see him for another 4 years potentially. I ain't got the money to travel to another country. So I said no. That lady is still pissed at me. I asked her, "when was the last time you saw your brother?" She said 2 weeks ago. I said 3 years, she goes "not my problem " and without even looking back at her as I was organizing planters in the garden center, "I could say the same thing about you and your family I guess." I got my vacation anyway and she called in and used all her sick days. She missed so much work for attendance I think she got fired. I put my request in like 4 months before she even did. Ain't no way I was giving that up. I'd never called in or missed work unless I was super sick. So my first vacation I wanna take (I'd been working there over 2 years) ya fuck that. I'm taking the week off.

[@CEWIII9873]

Tell me you are still not working at Wal-Mart?

[@JitteryJackanape]

@@CEWIII9873 no, I haven't worked for Walmart in over 6 years. I was with them for about 4 and a half years until I was almost 23.

[@CEWIII9873]

@@JitteryJackanape did you move on to the fry station at McDonald's?

[@JitteryJackanape]

@@CEWIII9873 no. But I did work for McDonald's when I was 15. Not that that should matter. At least I had a job and was working and not getting into trouble and all sorts of other shit like people I knew.

[@CEWIII9873]

@@JitteryJackanape Were you the guy that gave me a fried mouse that one time?

[@trbassix23]

The woman without the kids went through the proper channels…the woman with the kids should have planned better. Too bad, so sad.🤷🏽‍♂️

[@WalkerSportsLounge]

Facts. If I have to worry about your kids more than you, then the conversation is over immediately

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

Boss shouldn't have made it an issue.

[@icekills1]

your lack of planning is not my responsibility.

[@isitoveryet9525]

This is 100% on the boss.

[@Frosty1026]

@@isitoveryet9525 and the mom too you mean to tell me you planned a Disney trip which is something hardly anyone does at the last minute especially with kids and you waited till the morning to drop off that info when someone did it months in advance I blame the boss too more but the mom had to have planned this trip in more time than just the day before she told the boss

[@laser_focus7962]

I would immediately go to HR for fear of covert retaliation. That manager is insane

[@YuhasLol]

Exactly, the manger should have handled telling the older employee that the younger wouldn't change her schedule, not having them interact directly on their own. That's literally the managers job. He copted out of telling the older employee himself because he didn't want to deal with the consequences (because it's really HIS fault that both can't take the vacation in the first place). Straight coward.

[@Chris-dz3rs]

A few years ago I had a co-worker who was convinced that because she had young kids ,she had priority in choosing her shift and vacation time. She was demanding I take her afternoon shift and she would take my day shift. She even demanded access to my workshop to "exchange data" ( aka;screw up my equipment and notes). Only my boss has access to my workshop. She had 6 years experience with the company while I had 14 years behind me. I refused her demands and she quit soon after.

[@SoberMel]

This has happened to me at work also. As a child-free single woman, everyone assumes you have no financial commitments or constraints on your time and schedule. They will say or imply things like, "you dont have to rush home for kids, so you can stay late today", or "i know you can donate because you dont have kids to take care of", or "you have no idea how fast your check goes when you have kids" (trying to guilt me into covering something), or my personal favorite: "well, you dont have a family to go home to, so and so has to go pick up her kids so can you just stay late"... it's a contsant and common issue that mostly single and child-free women face in the workplace. And yes, someone literally said to me that their reasoning for always asking me to stay late was because I didnt have anything to go home to. Those are words I can never forget.

[@onionfarmer3044]

I'm sorry, you were free and independent women. Right? You can do the same thing men can do right?

[@SoberMel]

@@onionfarmer3044 huh? Free, yes slavery was abolished. Independent, I suppose in terms of being able to financially provide for myself and help my loved ones. Doing what a man does, I don't know about that. I definitely can't make my breasts jump, stop my pee mid-stream, or bench 200 pounds. Any other questions?

[@Bornagainvillain]

@@onionfarmer3044 that was a dumb and unnecessary set of questions don’t you think?

[@onionfarmer3044]

@@Bornagainvillain no.

[@Bornagainvillain]

@@onionfarmer3044 rhetorical question

[@legatheart1]

As a single guy with no kids, I’ve dealt with this garbage for years. The gaslighting and entitlement at times was unbelievable. It wasn’t just holidays either, but every time it snowed and schools were closed. All of us singles or married with no kids were expected to give up our days off. Then because of “not being able to find a babysitter on short notice”we never got the following days off in return. I learned real quick not to answer my phone.

[@xiii0722]

Damn, thank you for sharing

[@0doublezero0]

That's the annoying part about parents. They think they can use their children as a shield to dodge accountability for their own problems and mistakes.

[@Sravan.Allopi]

My girlfriend tells me that some of her relatives do this exact thing and it triggers the hell out of her.. I can see how that messes with people so much

[@jakeylakey619]

I was single without kids for 34yrs… I’ve experienced this as a woman. I had co-workers that became friends that became enemies because they would use my kindness for weakness. When I did become a mom, I kept that experience in mind. Although, my personality isn’t set up to expect ppl to compromise for my personal decisions. At the end of the day, it’s a personality thing. They are users and manipulators. There are single parents that STRUGGLE to find childcare and a moment to breathe that would never utter the words of “can you help me or can you find it in your heart”. It takes a village, anybody thinking about becoming a parent should know this but KNOW that co-workers and bosses are not to make up for the slack of one’s personal village. Especially in a corporate setting. I worked at a pharmacy for 4yrs, 12p-9 M-F… I’m 28 with no life forreal. I asked to change my schedule to 9-6… the lady (who became a “friend”) argued me down saying I don’t need to change my shift. Mind you, it slows down after 7p and we now have pharmacy clerks that can handle what was needed. The lady I came in early for because one of her kids was sick. The lady who would cry on my shoulder at least once a week about how hard being a wife or mother was. The lady who asked my mom to lie and act like she was the mortgage company because she blew her husbands bill money even though she has a job for her own personal spending. It’s a personality thing, F those types of people and never compromise. Sorry for the rant, this topic gets my blood boiling.

[@sepic13]

Are you shooting blanks so you can’t have kids ?!

[@GlimmerOG]

I'm 42 and my mom still calls me her baby. I'm right there with you Preach.

[@ajourney50]

As a woman without children, I've had this happen to me. I now put my vacation requests in Dec 30, for the following year. My boss liked this idea and has implemented it as a policy.

[@leilaniduffins3013]

This annoys me so much. I have worked for the company I am with for 19 years, 10 of those 19 years I was childless. I am use to doing things that is standard. I get 5 vacation weeks a year and we do our vacation for the next year, every year in October. I bid for my vacation in Oct 2022 for May 2023 and won my bid. My son chose for us to go to Montego Bay Jamaica so tickets and hotel was paid in full in Feb 2023. I had a co worker that was gone for 2 years on leave told me we have negotiation my week that I was approved for back in Oct 2022 because her and her boyfriend wanted to do something with her family in Mexico. I stopped code switching after I told her no professionally three times, then she got the message to kick rocks before it isn't happening. She still side eyes me everyday when I cheerfully say good morning to her.

[@NinjanessXO]

When I worked at HEB, my brother (who also worked at that H‑E‑B) and I, asked for the same week off for a family vacation we take EVERY YEAR. Anywhere I’ve worked I don’t really give them the option of approving shit, I’m not coming. We put in the request to make it formal and even though we were in completely separate departments, they said they couldn’t allow us to both have the week off at the same time. So I told them them to go ahead and approve it for my brother then, and when the week comes I wasn’t going to show up lol Like a week before the vacation this older lady with kids in my department was going on and on about how excited she was for her trip the next week. I was like oh that’s cool when did you put in the request?? And she had put it in that morning 😑 When I talked to my manager about it she was like well it’s the week before school starts, don’t you think she deserves some time with her kids?? FUCK THEM KIDS, she had all summer to bond with them

[@NinjanessXO]

I did not show up the week of and they didn’t do shit 😂

[@drewilliams9563]

Love a fellow Texan lmao

[@ysimms7481]

😂😂😂😂You sound like me. You aint gotta approve my time. Cause im calling out that week. I dont volunteer for overtime, dont call me on my day off. Dont ask me to give up my vacation time. Dont ask me to cover nobody shift. I set ground rules with my job from jump. I set boundaries. Cause just like i got this good ass job. I can get another with my credentials. My daughter was young once and I took off when i felt like it to spend time with her. Fuck them jobs too😂😂😂😂

[@Tiger-Mama22]

I have a daughter and if she loved her kids as much as she’s crying about… she would’ve planed the trip in advanced. I wanna take my daughter on vacation in February… it’s May and I’m planning it now. That’s what you gotta do when you have kids

[@united1super544]

Am just curious to anyone replying to my comment, so lets say that you plan this trip as the commenter said about may and planning it to February, well what if comes to January and something happens that forces you to change the holiday schedule?

[@HeatherMK83]

I plan last minute trips all the time with my kids and I love them very much. I don’t think that’s how you measure a parents love.

[@HeatherMK83]

@@united1super544 I’ve actually had to cancel more than one far planned out trip, so I don’t plan too far out anymore. But when I do plan the first thing I do is request the time off from work and then plan, if it gets denied then I just pick a different week. My work won’t let us ask off too far in advance, so when I have planned far out it was never a guarantee I’d be able to go.

[@united1super544]

@@HeatherMK83 oh alright now I understand, thanks for the reply there 👍

[@maloydonedidit2903]

She didn't plan a trip to Disney DURING XMAS last minute.... For real?!??! Even if she lived an hour away, if she is staying in a hotel those things are booked MONTHS out. I bet, though, she in a different stay which means she had t, likely, fly to Disney which puts you out AT LEAST 6 months to a year for accomodations.

[@chernyshevstas1]

In one company I was working for this kind of crap is solved without problems: we have an HR-management system, where everyone makes requests for the vacation. You have to get the approval for the vacation. If you've already got it, but some "Karen" tries to change your plans, and your boss approves this, you get "called from the vacation". If it's done, your boss will have to pay you extra. Trust me, no boss will give a crap about someone's kids when his ass for "budget exceeding" is on the line.

[@ashleighberryman9280]

I worked for a company that keep prioritizing “family time off” vs others who didn’t have kids, as in they would literally delay approving non parents time off in case a parent needed it. Needless to say they had a high employee turn over rate and a ton of sudden call outs.

[@a-terrible-fate532]

If they would always do that stuff I would call in and tell them. I had a fever of 106 and can't make it in 😂.

[@shivag73]

My husband's boss is like that now. Our kids are grown and live in different states so he gets lowest priority on requests off. His birthday this year fell during Mardi Gras so he didn't get off. It took him 3 months to be able to take 2 extra days off just so he could relax. Meanwhile they have no issue dumping extra work on him because they know he'll do it right.

[@Chessica450-m3d]

Exactly!!! That's wtf they get!! Like I plan my vacation and tell them am going on vacation months ahead! Not my fault! Tickets bought! Am out! IDC is you short staffed or if the company will go down in my absence, not responsible for who Will cover my shift! Not my problem!

[@oz_jones]

Boggles the mind as to why.

[@procastination_is_my_passi4182]

People are now bringing nothing but audacity into the work place because this happens to me ALL the time and I'm sick of it. I work as a PCA in a hospital setting in one of the busiest unit (med surge/tele). It's a LONG and busy 12 hour shift in which we get two 10-minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch break. I recently had a pregnant co-worker try to guilt trip me into not taking my breaks so that she herself can take more breaks, all the while I watch and care for her patients and I almost busted a fucking vein. Her reasoning was that she's pregnant and while I do sympathize, sympathizing won't pay my fucking bills and won't offer my body rest lmaoo gtfo

[@tart3300]

People don't think

[@mylesleggette7520]

There's a difference between someone asking for special treatment because they're pregnant and because they just have kids in general. You sound like the kind of person who wouldn't give up their seat on the bus for a pregnant woman either. ("So what if she's tired, I'm tired too? I didn't make her get pregnant!") That said, she certainly shouldn't be wielding her pregnancy like a club, women *can* be incredibly obnoxious.

[@procastination_is_my_passi4182]

@@mylesleggette7520 Asking me to not take my breaks (50 minutes total for a 12 hour shift which is already awful) is presumptuous, if she has an issue, take it up to the boss. I barely get any rest or help and you want me to give it all up? It's one thing to ask (which I will still say no to lol) but it's another to demand. I'm responsible for patients and it's crucial for us to get breaks/ rest in between otherwise we might get too tired and make mistakes that can be detrimental for their care. Also, how nice for someone to assume that I'm the type of person to "not give up their seat for a pregnant person on a bus" when on that same breath, an ugly ass sentence like "women can be incredibly obnoxious" also came from you.

[@jakeylakey619]

@@mylesleggette7520 I’m a woman, I’ve been pregnant. I would never expect a stranger to go out of their way for me because I chose to have unprotected sex. Just like I don’t expect to be treated any sort of way because I’m female. I’ve worked in environments (pharmacies) where ppl expect to get waited on first because they’re pregnant or have rowdy kids. Absolutely not. Now, if the woman wants to sit down while waiting.. I might go out of my way to walk up to her to have her sign for her meds or collect her payment but she’s not about to go ahead of other patrons. There’s different types of people in the world, there’s reasonable folks with common sense and consideration then there’s those with entitlement issues. I don’t do well with those that think I owe them something due to their self limiting conditions.

[@Goodgodgetagripgirl]

​@@mylesleggette7520How horrible of you to say that all pregnant women are obnoxious. Yes she shouldn't guilt trip her fellow worker, but you need to communicate that with her. Have boundaries and say no. It's really easy. Have respect for yourself and others. As a PCA, you need to take your mandatory breaks because if you're too tired or haven't eaten/hydrated, then you may become unfit to provide quality care. You don't want to make errors or jeopardize patient care. I know this because I'm an ICU nurse.

[@DaAnimekid]

When I worked in the bank we had rotating major holidays based on seniority. When Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years came around my manager would intentionally give the calendar to the people with kids first then it got passed to me and I tried to put my time in they would tell me "Oh I'm sorry that holiday is already taken maybe next year. " because I didn't have children and although I had seniority over 4 of 5 other coworkers. Over 4 years I NEVER had any one of those holidays off.

[@DiJudgment]

You should have quit after it happened twice.

[@SluggedNugg]

Honestly, I dont think it's just because they had kids, I'm confident there's favoritism. Or maybe your manager doesn't respect you enough to consider your feelings.

[@azure8696]

I don't have kids and I've had management at a job try this on me...damn fools.

[@ironmanandspidyroc]

shouldve been discussed as a group thing instead of that bullshit, fuck thatt!

[@HypocritesExposd]

Mine is a similar scenario. I worked somewhere for 15 years and everyone else had 16+ years. I had young kids, they all had no kids or kids who were now adults. I never got a single major holiday off and never complained about it. They had that right solely based on seniority and if my manager gave me the calendar first because I have young kids, that would not be right.

[@bullmoose5574]

I've experienced this. Coworkers that were moms had priority on any opportunity to leave early or request time off. Also a non smoker who has experienced that smokers break that was not extended to me

[@colorfulfamily]

That boss should never had told Karen about her reserving that week. The boss should have told Karen to plan earlier next time

[@jalare5023]

I worked many years at a clinic, which caused me to accumulate a lot of vacation time. What I would do to reduce that time was take Fridays off during the summer months. Well, one of the new managers had other plans and asked me to change my request. She asked me to give up a couple of Fridays for someone with children that needed a week off during the summer. I said no thank you and kept my original request as is. I followed the vacation rules and did what I was supposed to do. If no one came forth and asked for time off before me, then their loss.

[@ovrurhed0yezir]

I was constantly getting tables taken from me because a grl I worked with had 4 kids and I didn't have any. I got mad one day and asked my boss, how come I don't get to pay my bills because she can't keep her legs closed? They fired me

[@cincyplayer11]

Married with 4 kids here and there is no chance in hell I'd expect others to take off for me. Especially, if I'm trying to request last minute. Preach is absolutely spot on with smokers too. Shit drove me insane!

[@TheGavrael]

Same, but 3 kids. If it's a genuine emergency, I've helped out my coworkers before, but not for a damn vacation.

[@CoOlKyUbI96]

Personally I don’t think there’s anything wrong with expecting others to take off for me. But just as long as we discussed plans way ahead of time AND agreed to it. But to have it brought up last minute?? That’s a big no for me

[@cincyplayer11]

@@CoOlKyUbI96 right, it you did it well in advance there is no issue from me either. Last minute is a no no.

[@andreaarchambeau9499]

When working in a hotel this happened to me more than few times. Being the only person that was unmarried with no children. Usually, I didn’t care because holidays and weekends meant more money. Until, my family several states away commented on not seeing me for a long time. I filed the paperwork for time off and was immediately asked to switch. Sorry I have plans. The reaction was so toxic that I ended up finding another job and leaving.

[@supereee7]

This is ridiculous. As a full time working mom with a husband, I would never expect a coworker to do this. Karen and the office manger were completely out of line. Karen is just another entitled person and her behavior was unacceptable and disgusting.

[@PendBestDeck151]

Should have told the supervisor to cover it. He's the department head. It's his job to make sure there are enough asses in seats to cover each shift. Even if he has to stand in himself. He should "find it in his heart" to let them both off and he get his hands dirty for a week. No??

[@mergrew0110]

This happened to me, I was young, single and only had my friends to worry about. I was asked to come in over the holidays, I agreed, but only if I got double time and time off after the break. Well they gave it to me, but the next year lots of people wanted the same deal and it reverted to first come first served and stayed that way.

[@emm6890]

As a woman who grew up with 4 older brothers, no sisters, I learned real quick that my tears don't mean shit my bros would tell that all the time, so I stopped with the tears

[@jaquelinecosta3121]

That's exactly what I thought!

[@Frosty1026]

They don’t lol as someone who grew up with mostly women in his life women’s tears can be genuine in some instances but a lot of others it’s to try and guilt you a lot my sister would do it a lot to me

[@yuriajones]

The manager should have NEVER come to her with that "find it in your heart" request. He should have communicated to Karen that while he understands that she wants to spend time with her kids for Christmas, she really should have put in for vacation months in advance like everyone else. And if anyone had to make a request to the coworker, it should be Karen asking for a favor, not the manager.

[@shaun5047]

Yea what a weasel of a manager. They basically didn’t want to look like the bad guy by saying no so they pawned it off on the good worker. In the Army we call that a leader with accountability issues.

[@yuriajones]

@@shaun5047 correct. A real weasel.

[@thatwaffleguy4958]

"Oh, I'm sorry Karen forgot she got blasted a couple times until two days ago. Anyways, see you after my time off!"

[@Ignitus1795]

My boss once said to me while complaining about people requesting she order supplies next-day...."Your poor planning does not constitute an emergency on my end" as she proceeded to do regular shipping for everything they requested. Such a good line. I hope to be in a position that I get to use it on someone some day.

[@TheGetchaweightup24]

Best freaking quote

[@jodywhitehead9173]

That's on the sign at our local ferry terminal.

[@link4253]

I've had managers follow me out on smoke break and then try to write me up for lying to them because I wouldn't puff on the cigarette I lit and I said no I'm not gonna endanger my health but I am gonna take the smoke break Im allowed, Once I got up to HR it went nuclear, even the HR person tells me "hey maybe you shouldn't pursue this because when corporate hears about it though you're just gonna have a strict no smoking rule" and I just looked at her plainly and I said "I don't care not my problem but I'm not gonna sit here and be forced to work harder than other people for the same if not less pay, You want me to retract my complaint then let me take my "smoke break" whatever I want like everyone else", I remember the pride I felt being able to hold all the smokers hostage because the moment the complaint goes through to corp it would be over for all them.

[@ShanteeHaynes]

"I was really hoping you could find it in your heart..." Me singing: "I GOT AN ICEBOX WHERE MY HEART USED TO BE..." in all seriousness, I am all for moms, but using your children or familial/parental status as a reason to passively bully someone into doing what you want them to do is grounds for me to stand up for myself with no regrets. As for the boss coming to her telling her she needs to be the one to tell Karen that she can't have the days off and she's so hellbent on THOSE days off...Karen is sleeping with the supervisor, she's being pressured by the husband to 'fix what's broken' because she's been "busy" more than usual, she probably went to their supervisor and leaned on him to "take care of this"...lmaooooo 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Frosty1026]

Lmao couldn’t agree more also you planned a Disney trip like girl Ik for a fact you’ve been planning that for months and you tell your boss closer to the date you’re leaving ik she didn’t plan this trip overnight I grew up in ORL and even being an hour out from Disney you’d wanna plan a week ahead of what you wanted to do that day isn’t not just a place you show up to Willy nilly especially if you don’t live there

[@nevenovyumi712]

You better the do the choreo like Omarion as well because ain't no way anyone should fall for the okey doke when it comes to giving up your own schedule time to someone else. The boss is wrong too.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

Yo 😂

[@thatwaffleguy4958]

"I was really hoping you could find it in your heart..." *Clutches chest* "Oh, I can feel it! I'm searching! I'm searching... AH! I'M SEARCHING! And I... I... I! I... Still don't give a f*ck that Karen can't plan ahead. Either you give me my time off, or I give my two weeks."

[@Bikini_ST]

Mannn I hate to jump to conclusions but I definitely was thinking the same thing. She's fucking that boss or there's something deeper than a professional relationship. Also, she was too chipper to break the news to Karen. My mouth already bites. You come at me out of pocket. My response will be on an equal level but the utmost professional tone.

[@DefiningCute]

I deal with this all the time. My coworkers can come in a hr late frequently cause they wanted to drop their kid off at school that day. I walk in one day 10mins late I’m told it’s unacceptable. I’m understanding but when the expectations of our work isn’t the same I have a problem. We all work 9-5 we all have things going on in our lives. Come to work like everyone else.

[@RusticRonnie]

Just tell them you gotta kid

[@bunnyrabi]

Honestly it's sucks and they threaten your livelihood because they know many people need the pay checks. For me I luckily have not had that experience yet where my boss had the ability to actually pressure me and I was worried that I would be struggling if I got fired. I only do part time, and it's hilarious when my boss tries to tell me these type of things because I always reply to her : "part time, I don't care" lol. Besides if she wants a consistent worker that always there early, you should hire full time workers who need the money.

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

Had some bitch with kids allowed to come in late cause of her bastards.

[@2FINE4YOUBABYGIRL]

Pretend you got kids

[@Sarkhan69]

@@RusticRonnie got a kid*

[@bjshifko]

I remember a former supervisor telling me that coworkers were allowed smoke breaks because they have an addiction. I said that I did too, addicted to staying healthy. We had this conversation when I said that I was going to take a walk around the block while my coworker took a break - we would be gone the same amount of time, every break she took I would take the same amount once she came back. It never happened and she was told she was only allowed 2 breaks in addition to her lunch. Also, I’m a mom and I would NEVER expect someone to give up their vacation for me if they scheduled first. Lots of businesses near me require you to put requests in at the end of December for the following year. That’s usually for those wanting a week off. But single days are always first come, first served.

[@davidmoore2308]

So it would be o.k for a donut break or a chocolate break.

[@KagomeYasha023]

At all my jobs thus far we never got “special smoke breaks” whether we smoked or not we got the same amount of breaks. Was this maybe happening in the olden days?

[@shivag73]

I worked in a fast food restaurant where the night shift did that. The night manager was a smoker so they all spent any time we didn't have customers outside, expecting the only other nonsmoker and I to do all the cleaning. I told the GM that we started taking Non-smoke smoke breaks at least once a night. She wasn't pleased, but it was either that or tell the smoking manager she couldn't go outside every 10 minutes. This was just one of the many reasons I ended up leaving.

[@ChristinaFromYoutube]

Wait so you didn't even get a break out of dry snitching but still tell the story 😂 As long as everyone is equally miserable you're good to go. Absolutely surreal you feel like a good guy in that story. Someone else losing their break is just as good as you getting an extra break. Thats amazing.

[@oz_jones]

@@ChristinaFromKZbin Cry harder nicotine junkie.

[@Fatherlobster800]

When the boss woulda kept sayin "i just hoped you would" well keep fucking hoping. 😂😂😂

[@clover1593ify]

In my early 20s without kids, I would be told I needed to stay whenever there was a holiday or we needed to close for the month. I was told "who do you need to get home to?" When I would complain. I felt so frustrated that my time off was always getting taken away so I could cover for someone else's kids

[@gorkyd7912]

As a person who never cared whatsoever about taking holidays off, just never celebrated them, I'm a little remorseful that people like me may have ruined it for others who try to make the connection that single person = willing to work holidays.

[@onionfarmer3044]

Sucks to suck.

[@RusticRonnie]

Just leave, that what I do. But I live in an at will state

[@PewciSlayer]

Someone needs to tell Karen to "endure" because of her lack of preparation for her vacation.

[@makak7773]

😂😂😂😂

[@myklo4269]

For real. Who plans a vacation that big at the last minute? I think “Karen” lying

[@_Angelo569]

When I was at the height of my career my wife and I decided to have kids. Never once did I ask a co worker to trade a Holiday off or a vacation. Many felt bad that I didn’t ask and stated that they would have traded with me. I always said thank you I appreciate it but your time is as valuable as mine. My kids are my responsibility.

[@CEWIII9873]

"height of my career" You mean when they moved you to the fry station?

[@jennpenn5]

We get emails at work asking us to donate our vacation hours to other employees. Those get deleted immediately.

[@mcyters_._3852]

Wow legit never heard of such a thing. That's crazy

[@jennpenn5]

@@mcyters_._3852 Very.

[@jackwade21]

This reminds me of a similar situation that happened to me. When COVID struck, my IT director called the entire department to a meeting. He said that me and other colleagues (single and without kids) had to stay in the office, while others (with kids or married) would work from home. At that moment, I confronted him. I said it wasn't far. "What!? My life isn't worth it if I don't have a dependent or a significant other!" "If they can work from home, we can work from home. Our lives aren't less valuable than the other guy's." "Either we all work from home or none of us work from home." The director tried to refute what I had said, but he had no good arguments, and the rest of "my kind" also pushed back. In the end, we all worked from home. Months later, I left for a better-paying hybrid job with better conditions. They gave me the option of going to the office by scheduling when I wanted to appear there without forcing it. If I wanted to work from home, I could. If I decide to never put my foot in the office, I also can. But I prefer to go there because it's close to my house and has good working conditions (people and infrastructure).

[@jennerbug27]

As a mother of young children, I would NEVER be able to summon the audacity to ask this of one of my coworkers. I would also NEVER allow myself to be convinced to give up the opportunity to go see my family because a coworker (with or without kids) didnt plan ahead. Also, shame on that boss!

[@awordindueseason]

This didn't get a lot of likes because many parents who are expressing outrage at the Karen still don't want to admit that they feel entitled to deny those without kids a fair opportunity to see their loved ones or make vacation plans when it interferes with their children's school breaks. But you are absolutely right . . . without the unspoken hypocrisy. ❤

[@HeisenbergFam]

I feel bad for good Karens whose name reputation was tarnished by crazy Karens

[@christianmbabazi9722]

Don't forget the Kevin's ☠️

[@olympusgolemoflight7198]

Hence my younger brother and my crusade to replace Karen with Hagla.

[@nigelcharlson2992]

I literally see you in half of the comments sections on channels I subscribe to lol

[@HypocritesExposd]

My friend is named Karen but is far from being an actual Karen. Whenever she has to speak up, she feels super guilty and acknowledges the fact that the bad Karen put a bad stain on her name.

[@condesabeatriz9303]

Indeed.

[@theuscivicsnerd7070]

When I worked in the state government the most absurd thing I remember was the agency I worked for had a policy for “Catastrophic (cat) leave” in which if another coworker exhausted their allotted PTO for emergency reasons like a family emergency, injury etc we could “donate” our unused PTO days which I thought was an incredibly stupid and insulting system. One should not have to ask other coworkers for PTO in that circumstance like charity. Just give them the leave. Let the other people keep their PTO to do what they want and need with it.

[@beachgirl9304]

At my job with state govt., there was a medical leave bank for all employees. Donating one day of your leave once every two years would cover you for those 2 yrs if a medical emergency exceeded the amount of sick leave you had accumulated. With about 60,000 state employees, that was a lot of leave for people to draw from. We still had people in our office that didn't join the leave bank and would beg coworkers to donate their personal time when they ran out of medical leave.