vacation drama short little filipina in the office wants to reduce the days she's off for her next trip. she stands her ground in her news editor's office. wild gesturing and looking up the sky by the news editor. she smiles her sweetest, crosses her arms, shakes her head. news editor waves around two sheets of paper, sighing. little girl skips out of the office, light as a feather.

news supervisor: are u in trouble?

short little filipina in the office: no... at least, not for now. for my next trip, i just wanted to take back more vacation days to carry over next year. news editor says to take all the days for this trip anyways because i'd have more than enough to carry over next year. i begged him no; i'd for sure need as much vacation days as possible for next year. the ___________ isn't the only reason i'd need to schedule days off next year. and.......... he conceeded! :-D

as per the contract, managers are entitled to force us to take vacation. he says he's already done that to the other staffers. he pulled all the stops, mentioning that he has other staffers he can make work if one of us were to leave, says we can take this conversation to the bureau chief who for sure will schedule the days for me right then and there, says i'm being greedy for carrying over days. i just smiled - the company is asking me to go on vacation more often! ahaha. that's too good to be true.

essentially, news editor was nice enough to give me just the days that i asked for, no more, no less, so i can carry over more days for next year. now i really hafta leave y'alls for a whole month next year to keep him happy.

giggling and laughing in the background. other supervisors pretend they haven't heard or seen anything. news editor exits the office for some personal business. regular office mayhem resumes.  ¶ 10/22/2004 03:15:00 PM