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> "I'd like a day off to go day drinking with my buddies" Why is this ridiculous?
by newnewpdro 7y ago
> "I'd like a day off to go day drinking with my buddies"
Why is this ridiculous?
- mreome 7y agoThis seems like a very honest way to ask. They're just trying to take a day off to have some fun and relax (which is perfectly reasonable). But they're not making up an excuse about being sick, or having a family obligations, they are being clear that it's a low priority bit of fun giving their Boss a chance to say something like "We're going to be swamped today/then, how about Monday when we'll be slow?" I wish more employees/employers could embrace this level of mature honesty.
- dymk 7y agoGo drink in the evening when the company isn’t operating Edit: so sensitive! I guess I’m the only person here that gets PTO :)
- briankelly 7y agoCan't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.
- 1337biz 7y agoYou don't understand the dynamics of proper day drinking. If you drink early you get your hangover in the evening, then have a good sleep and a hangover free day after. Day drinking properly done has definitely its benefits - even for the company.
- groby_b 7y agoWhy? Why is the company's operation more important than my friends? And why is that company so incompetent I can't take a (contractually agreed upon) day off without endangering its operation?
- wbronitsky 7y agoYou're not my manager
- romwell 7y ago..thankfully.
- hbosch 7y agoBetter get off HN, worker-bee. Your company is trying to operate, and you're not contributing!
- dymk 7y agoI’m happily taking PTO and not running my personal life by my manager for permission to drink.