About a month ago, a coworker of mine approached me and asked if I'd trade days off with her. She wanted to take my Tuesday off (May 26Th) and I would take her Wednesday off (May 27Th). I didn't really want to do this, since with the Memorial day weekend, I would have four days off in a row (Saturday-Tuesday). As well, this was to be the weekend that Steph and I would celebrate our 9Th wedding anniversary, and even though we hadn't yet made specific plans, we had planned to do something.
The reason my coworker wanted to trade though won me over, as she was hoping to fly out to visit her boyfriend in Arizona that weekend. By trading days, she'd be able to spend more time with him (coming back on Tuesday instead of Monday). Now normally, all she'd have to do to take the day off is to use PTO (her paid time off), however she doesn't have any PTO left. She has called in sick so many times already this year that she's run out of PTO, so swapping with me was her only option.
Are you with me so far? OK.
About two weeks ago, she informed me that her and her boyfriend broke up, and that she wouldn't be going to Arizona. Therefore, I took my day off back so that I would once again have the longer weekend, and so that Steph and I could have the option to take a trip for our anniversary if we wanted. All was well.
Then, suddenly, just two days ago, she came to me yet again and informed me that her and her boyfriend were back together. Not only that, but he had already bought her airline tickets for her to visit him that weekend (as they'd planned before). Her return flight would be late Tuesday, meaning she'd have to have the day off.
By this time though, Steph and I were set on wanting to spend the four days together, so I told her I would not trade with her again (despite all her pleas). As a result, she had to buy a one-way ticket from Arizona to Denver for Monday (a ticket that was more expensive because of Memorial day), and half of the tickets that her boyfriend had bought would now be useless. So basically, as a result of my decision, they are both out a lot of money, and they won't be able to spend as much time with each other as they'd hoped.
So here's my question:
How guilty should I feel if she dies in a plane crash on her return flight to Denver?
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Don't feel bad about your decision. You can't constantly change your plans for other people at the drop of a hat. Especially when your dealing with your anniversary weekend plans for goodness sake!
ReplyDeleteHopefully the elation over there being no future coercive & manipulative requests will squelch whatever pittance of guilt there may be.
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