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Saturday is my Mother In Laws birthday and I might miss it?
I didnt request off work because my job was giving me Saturdays to work and I ended up getting scheduled. Its my mother in laws birthday and my first one as having her as my mother in law. Everyone is saying that she wants me over her house with the family but I’m upset because I don’t think I would be able to skip work. I already called out twice in august (my husband got sick he gets seizures and 2 weeks later I got sun poising and the minute I woke up that day my body wasn’t allowing me to walk so i had no choice to call out).
I feel bad and her family is convincing me to call out. What can I do? I don’t like calling out for no reason but I don’t want to miss my mother in laws birthday party. My store closes at 8pm now and I might not be out until 9 :(
5 Answers
- Anonymous7 months ago
Tell her family that if you get fired, will they support you? tell them to keep out of your affairs. Family cause more darn problems. Do not take off, go to MIL after work.
- Anonymous7 months ago
have your husband explain to his family that you need to work and will arrive late immediately after you get off work. things happen. not everybody is able to make every event on their schedule and nobody should expect you to take off work simply for someone's birthday. any reasonable person would understand that.
- EvaLv 77 months ago
Do NOT call out for a birthday party! You can join them after you get out of work. Social obligations do not take precedence over work obligations.
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- ?Lv 77 months ago
Cant you just take her to dinner/lunch a different day?
Work is how you get money for your livelihood and most people understand that you can't make every event due to work. The family and she will get over it if you're not there. My husband misses a lot of family events (his family, my family, things for our kids, etc) due to his work and doesn't have the type of job he can call off and everyone is used him missing things, leaving early, showing up late, etc. His job affords us a good lifestyle. I have worked a lot of nights/weekends/holidays myself (I worked in hospitals for 14 years) and well hospitals don't close so here and there I also missed those events.
