Boss refuses to approve assistant's last-minute PTO request, assistant goes over boss's head and lies to upper management to get the vacation approved: 'I will not be treated this way'

The entitled assistant in the story below had the nerve to completely ignore her boss's words, and it caused quite a dispute.

Setting aside the fact that she never works weekends and refuses to cover for anyone, even if they cover for her, that was not the reason why her boss is currently furious with her. The reason is that she decided to request time off for her wedding at the very last minute, and refused to listen when the boss told her she cannot take that week off because the boss is already on vacation during that time.

Instead of accepting her mistake and moving the dates around, the assistant decided to turn to upper management, lying that the boss agreed to switch their time off with hers. When the boss found out about the lie, they immediately set the record straight with management and confronted the assistant for her blatant disrespect.

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