Tradd
9-6-22, 8:20pm
Coworker who I share department work with usually travels at the holidays. In-laws live in FL. Last year wife had a new job and no time so they didn’t go. That’s how I was able to be gone for a week and a half.
This year coworker and his wife wanted to go visit her parents at either Thanksgiving or Christmas since they’ve not been to FL since 2019 due to Covid. I told coworker in the spring I wanted either the week before or after Christmas so I could go cave diving with my WI friends who are down there at the same time. Due to this, going another time does not work for me.
Coworker comes back to work after a week off earlier in the summer and tells me his wife has decided to go to FL at Christmas. Coworker would have preferred Thanksgiving but in-laws are going on a cruise then.
I asked coworker a couple of weeks ago if his wife had decided on dates yet. He tells me no. I told him I need to book a room and the holidays are very popular down where I will be. I told him he needs to tell his wife I want the week before Christmas. I was very firm about it. He looks at the calendar and tells me with the way Christmas and New Years are on weekends this year, we have Friday for our holiday, and that would make it easier.
I ask him again today. I find out that the wife’s job is not going well, and as a result they might not even be going. I tell him I am not happy but leave it. I have been too nice about it. I’ve been trying to take turns since I had the vacation at Christmas last year. He’s got seniority one as he’s been there almost 10 years, but I’m above him, since I’m the licensed customs broker. I’m leaning towards putting it for the days I want this week and then see what happened.
I found an excellent deal on a small house with laundry facilities through Airbnb for the week before Christmas a couple of weeks ago. Very good rate. I could cancel up until the day before arrival with full refund, so I booked it. Coworker doesn’t know this.
What do you think about the situation?
This year coworker and his wife wanted to go visit her parents at either Thanksgiving or Christmas since they’ve not been to FL since 2019 due to Covid. I told coworker in the spring I wanted either the week before or after Christmas so I could go cave diving with my WI friends who are down there at the same time. Due to this, going another time does not work for me.
Coworker comes back to work after a week off earlier in the summer and tells me his wife has decided to go to FL at Christmas. Coworker would have preferred Thanksgiving but in-laws are going on a cruise then.
I asked coworker a couple of weeks ago if his wife had decided on dates yet. He tells me no. I told him I need to book a room and the holidays are very popular down where I will be. I told him he needs to tell his wife I want the week before Christmas. I was very firm about it. He looks at the calendar and tells me with the way Christmas and New Years are on weekends this year, we have Friday for our holiday, and that would make it easier.
I ask him again today. I find out that the wife’s job is not going well, and as a result they might not even be going. I tell him I am not happy but leave it. I have been too nice about it. I’ve been trying to take turns since I had the vacation at Christmas last year. He’s got seniority one as he’s been there almost 10 years, but I’m above him, since I’m the licensed customs broker. I’m leaning towards putting it for the days I want this week and then see what happened.
I found an excellent deal on a small house with laundry facilities through Airbnb for the week before Christmas a couple of weeks ago. Very good rate. I could cancel up until the day before arrival with full refund, so I booked it. Coworker doesn’t know this.
What do you think about the situation?