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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I can't believe you actually called your Dad to have him, "tell me I wasn't allowed to continue working there and tell her so as well". How about making that call for yourself?
I have interviewed many people of your generation for jobs and I have found, even here in Asia, a great sense of entitlement. I know this is a generalization but I can safely say that a high percentage of young people today (that I have encountered in various ways) don't have the slightest clue about hard work and sacrifice. I can also say that I also came across this attitude in great frequency with people my age when they were your age (perhaps it's a function of what it means to be in your late teens and early 20s these days).
A job is a job. You don't get to decide if you get days off for holidays. You only get to decide if you want to work somewhere or not.
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I made the call myself, however my dad was the easiest way to get me out of that situation ASAP. I was out in the middle of nowhere off a dirt/gravel road, and wanted to leave so that was the choice I made. I was the one who made the decision, it wasn't right for me. No one wants to work for someone who treats her cats better than her employees who clean up their shit.
A little about my background...I have been working since I turned 15. Got my lifeguard certifications and have guarded for 4 years, coming up on my 5th year. I would work 100 plus hours every two weeks in the sun for up to 12 hours a day sometimes. I know how to work hard and what ethic is. Anyways..
When it comes to being in school full-time, I'm not going to allow a job to rule when I can and can't go to Spring Break. I need that break off of school in order to relax and just breath. I don't think that's a ridiculous request in the least. I have the mornings to work. Weekends are when I also relax from the week. School part time jobs are very different from full-time, they work with your schedule versus telling you what you HAVE to do. School's stressful and takes a lot of time, I think most of you can recall that.
My parents have the means of supporting me through school however do not hand out money much at all. They both gave 5 yrs to AF to get their GI Bill because their parents wouldn't or couldn't afford to send them to school. They didn't want my sis or I to have to do that.
Holidays are important to students. They allow time to breath. I worked from April of last summer till December at the TTU Aquatic Center as guard/ swim instructor and they worked with me. They did a fair way of allotting who got time off and who didn't for certain holidays. I think I was completely justified in quiting this job because of it's inflexibility. I plan to find that in my next job as well.
So yes, it was the lame way out but behind the decision it was all me. Dad was just the excuse to GTHO. It worked. It also reaffirmed her decision that young people suck, but that's already pretty firmly there.