Smug retail employee thwarts their competing coworker's every attempt to secure PTO until their colleague snaps and threatens to quit: 'I am so DONE'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Aug 14, 2025 8:00 PM EDT

With only two employees working this particular closing shift, management was spread thin on scheduling, but when the "senior" coworker demanded time off, she always got what she wanted. However, her coworker was done letting Pat steamroll their entire work schedule, and after a summer of thwarted time-off requests for vet appointments, doctor's visits, and finally her birthday plans, she was done being second priority. 

All it took was a pair of $700 backstage concert tickets, a ruined birthday plan, and a clueless manager to get this retail worker threatening to quit. Enjoy working every single night shift, Pat, because once they're gone, you'll be on the hook for every shift.

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  • I've had it with my coworker deliberately sabotaging my time off requests, I'm gonna threaten to quit over this
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  • So my department only has two closers, but the terrible union I'm in has a rule that if someone has any amount of seniority over someone they can just overrule their time off requests. I have a coworker named Pat who's been in the department for a decade, and she takes sadistic pleasure in ruining all my plans.
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  • She's ruined Doctors appointments, dentist appointment, car repair appointment, vet appointments, all this summer.
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  • Coworkers don't always coexist. While we have the same jobs and the same daily environment, oftentimes, that's all that coworkers have in common. And for some reason, our differences make some feel superior. This senior retail employee decided to make their superiority known to their colleague by sabotaging every single PTO request… at least, until their coworker finally snapped. 

  • Next Saturday I had a concert where I paid $700 for two tickets in the best possible spot + back stage passes. I requested the time off seven months ago! You know what she did, DEMANDED the manager schedule me that day three days after the schedule came out, because "I have reservations at a nice restaurant that night."
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  • I hate her, I hate her so much. I just want to spend my birthday at the concert of my favorite artist, and she can't allow that.
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  • I texted the manager that he's giving me the day off, or I'm calling out. I am J done SO
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  • “I won't be here… End of discussion”

  • JosKarith⚫ "Okay manager let's make this simple. I won't be here that shift. End of discussion. The only discussion now is whether I'm going to here for the shift after, or any shift after that. Pam, you wanna be on closing EVERY SINGLE NIGHT because you're the only closer the company has left? Because that's what you're heading into right now."
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  • UnaturalChow I can't blame you, at that point it is becoming a case of discrimination over the fact she is using her senior position to oppose any effort to give yourself a life.
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  • Especially considering you've missed appointments which could be costly in health and money, time. That's not on and as a business they should know that too.
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  • Simply-weird928 One as a manager no employee should be able to demand a day off after the schedule is released. You have a request put in ridiculously early and approved why are you still there if they are going back on that sh. Pam would be gone!
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  • Emergency-Hour-4785. That's ridiculous. No way. You got approved days off that long ago and she oberrides it three days prior? Management can SEE you requested 7 months ago, and they can SEE her sabotaging it? And the rules are that she is in the right?
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  • “You are going to that concert no matter what”

  • You tell them you requested time off WAY in advance, got approved, and are going to that concert no matter what. You are going. You don't make the schedules. You communicate your availability and you work. Managers planning the schedule plan farther
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  • ahead than 3 days I hope. They have to do extra work finding a cover for your 'senior' who shares her plans 3 days ahead. She causes this problem, not you. I'm just so confused. Seems unreal
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  • DisastrousPromise552 Call in sick that day, if you're unionized, you should get paid sick days off.. just call in sick on a day that you need off and Bam. Go see your concert. Bylaw states that employers cannot asked for doctors notes until after 3 consecutive days
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