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I'm not a big sports fan. But I was a nanny when I was 19 and asked for two days off so I could go to a music festival on the beach with friends. So I understand the sentiment! as an adult now with kids I likely wouldn't do that (and to be fair the concert thing was arranged in advance), but I know as a younger woman I may have been more likely inclined to!
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YES! This is a big one.. once in a lifetime type thing!
but I'm from Boston and sports are kind of our religion around here
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@MrsKoala: yes! me too, I was happy it was a Saturday because I wasn't working Saturdays back then
the month before we had worked for a week on Fever Pitch and felt so close to it
good times
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Like @2PeasinaPod I'm a huge Phillies fan and when they won in 2008 I took the day off to go to the parade. It was a huge deal in philly at the time.
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No way, but just because I hate those kind of crowded events.
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I did end up giving her the day off. I work from home with flexible hours, so I decided to take DS to the gym child care and squeeze in a yoga class
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@Cherrybee: Bingo. I feel the same way as you do.
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@macintosh: I'm glad you were able to work it out and I bet your nanny really appreciated it. It was probably a good move towards building loyalty.
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Glad you let her! Yes, I would and I have. Of course, I have PTO so I just use that. But I've called in to go to 2 parades and I've also scheduled PTO for day games (just so I can watch them on TV). And yep, I told my employer why. These things don't come around too often for most places. Generally if you get a set number of PTO, you can do whatever the hell you want with it! Unfortunately, these parades are by default last-minute events.
I am also one of those people that will take off the first 2 days of the NCAA tournament every year (thurs and fri) just to each watch at a bar or go to Vegas to watch. But I know those days well in advance. It's just parades or maybe the games themselves since you won't get advance notice they're playing until they pass through certain rounds of the tournaments/playoffs.
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I took time off to see Bruce Springsteen in concert and only found out about a week ahead of time that I had tickets. I'd have given even less notice if I had to. It's The Boss.
If it isn't happening all the time then I don't know what else days off are for.We only live once, folks. Something's are too important to miss- and it's not my job to decide what's important for someone else.
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I think more importantly its not why she wants it off you should consider. Maybe just respect that she wants a day off. It would do better to support the employee based relationship vs. you deciding that her request is not important enough to you.
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In this specific situation I would be ok with it, if my schedule could accommodate it. My grandmother and father were both lifelong Cubs fans, they have both since passed without a Cubs world series, my brother and I are also big fans, so this feels like an incredibly significant occasion.
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I don't tell my manager why I want a day off, just that I want it. I expect that if I have given enough notice (is this the problem here?), and there isn't a schedule conflict, that this will be granted.
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@macintosh: I would ask for time off!
I wouldn't expect to get it but I would hope for it.
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@macintosh: PS gotta love a gym with daycare!
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The 7th largest gathering in human history I'd let it go http://www.fox32chicago.com/%20/215601786-story
good times
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