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Would you help them out or not?

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I wouldn't cover for them at all..they shouldn't have called in so much.
I would give up one of my badly needed vacation days to work for them.
I would tell them to come back early from their trip to work their shift.
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Your work is extremely stressful, and you put in for a week off to get some badly needed rest and get a lot of things done around your house.
A coworker asks if you would work his shift on the second day of your badly needed vacation.
He says that he wants to go out of town for the weekend, but has called in so much that he would get a write up if he called in again. He wants to go out of town, and said if he rushed, he could make it back in town for his work shift, but instead he wanted to stay an extra day.
Would you give up one of your badly needed vacation days to cover their shift for them?
Or would you say no, because they should not have called in so much already that it would result in a write up?
Or would you tell them to just go on their trip, yet don't stay that extra day, so they could make it back to work on time?
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Melpomene · 22-25, F
No, I'd tell them I'm on vacation (=not working) that week.
1. Don't be a pushover for something you need. 2. That's not your problem, he should've thought it through and even if his only plan was to ask someone to cover their shift, he should've asked around earlier.
Mardrae · F
@Melpomene that's how I feel, and what I said to him, although I feel kinda guilty for not giving up my vacation day. I just badly needed it and was at the point of a nervous breakdown if I didn't get any time off soon.
Melpomene · 22-25, F
@Mardrae You don't need to feel guilty. You don't even have to need it, it's your vacation. You earned it.