Thanks for not taking my post the wrong way, GG.
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Originally Posted by ghoastgirl1
I don't see why everyone expects college students to just drop their plans for HUGE holidays like those.
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Just a quick reply/explanation for this: it's because most people (especially in the US) have no conception of having so much time off to do whatever they want.
How many weekdays "off" per year do you get, as a college student? The average US worker (even highly-skilled/educated ones) gets approximately 10 weekdays off per year. No Christmas break, no spring break, no summer break... just 10 days, with some public (1-day) holidays thrown in.
What I'm saying is, spring break isn't a "huge holiday" in most of the world... so perhaps this woman, in her scale of things, did not think she was making a massive request of you to work through your break. Hence her reaction that you are privileged and entitled, at least enough to be able to refuse the job she was offering you. The way she expressed that was not professional, I agree with you about that. But then again, try to understand the bigger picture (socio-economically) of where her remarks are coming from, that's all.