I refused to switch my Christmas vacation days for co-workers with families – it shouldn’t matter that I’m single
A FAMILY-FREE worker has refused to switch their vacation days to benefit coworkers with families.
While it may seem inconsiderate, others agree that single employees shouldn’t be obligated.
Via Reddit’s Am I the A****** (AITA) thread, one worker has anonymously confessed to holding fast on their decision to keep their planned vacation time.
According to the forum, the employee is a part of a company that monitors, installs, and tries out customized products.
A three-week-long project came up for a customer that needed services in a different state.
As their team traveled home, each on their turn, during the assignment to visit with their families, the single, non-parent Redditor just opted out of the travel time, as their incentive to fly home and back to the work site was less.
Their reward for their hard work ethic was a week’s paid vacation during Christmas.
Coworkers of the Redditor did not get his perk, however.
Presumably, because they already had to time off, their holiday would be spent on-call.
Jealousy ensued when they found out about the Redditor’s earned privilege.
They wrote: “When they found out I had that week off, they started to try to get me to switch.
“Some tried to bribe me with food and other stuff while others tried to beg.”
One even claimed it would likely be an ailing grandmother’s final Christmas holiday.
Though they felt guilty, the bribes and begs were a no-go.
“I’m feeling really bad about it but I’ve turned them all down,” the Reddit poster said.
“I don’t have anything to do or anyone to spend Xmas with but I worked for 3 straight weeks and am burnt out.”
The internet echoed that it was not one person’s job to satisfy holiday schedules.
“If your coworker has a family emergency she needs to talk to her supervisor and work it out,” Redditor wrote in reply to the post.
Another said, “You did the work, you got a reward. Being single doesn’t mean you’re less deserving.”
Yet a third comment kept things sweet and to the point with a simple: “This is so not your problem.”