So my holiday plans got ruined today.

The company I work for is effectively a call center, handling outsourced sales for other companies. The team I got transferred to a month ago handles large,Enterprise-level commercial sales for a cable company. Today, I had a manager flippantly make a remark about someone from our team working Friday to handle inbound business. This made no sense and I ignored it at first. Tomorrow and Friday are paid company holidays. Why would anyone on my team be working?

Turns out that when they renegotiated the contract with the cable company I sell for, they agreed to have us work the cable company’s hours. That means someone working on the day after Thanksgiving and on Christmas Eve. None of the managers explained this although one swears up and down he told us. Problem is no one remembered that conversation and it wasn’t made clear.

Long story short— I now have to work Friday. I’m pissed because my plans to go out of town are ruined. I had rented a car to travel and had to cancel it. I got most of my money refunded except a holding fee. My aunt and uncle are pissed because I need to pick up my cat from mom’s house and they were expecting me to do it this weekend. Plus they helped pay for the car rental, so they’re right to be angry.

At least I used all this nonsense to talk my managers into giving me a three day weekend before Christmas to make up for losing the car and because I can’t see my mom or get my cat this weekend. I also get another paid day off for working on Black Friday. I’m using it at Christmas to get a five-day weekend. Don’t come between me and my time off, dammit. :-P