To think that people without children should not take leave in the school holidays

[JazzyPants]

I work in a place where we have to negotiate who has what weeks off, in order that we can still do our jobs properly. I've noticed that people who don't have children of school age are asking for 2 weeks off in the school holidays. I don't think this is really very fair and these people should take their leave outside the main school holidays, so that those of us who have children can take the time with them.

Am I Being Unreasonable about this?

YABU - they can take their holiday whenever they like.

Yes YABU. Funnily enough, other people have lives too. They may have partners who can only get time off at certain times or family they want to see or want to go away when things are actually open.

You know you are!

totally BU and you know it!

....and if they teach?!

Yabu

What if there birthday is in august or a family members birthday?

Or they're looking after a friends children or their grandchildren?

Or they're hoping august is going to be the hottest month?

YABVU

Don't be ridiculous!

You are being totally unreasonable. People with children don't have any more rights than those without.They are your children and it was your decision to have them. You are not just unreasonable but self-centred and entitled.

YABVU, of course.

People without children are fools if they do want to go away when it is the school holidays, but they are perfectly entitled to do so.

Yabu, I think. They must have their own reasons for wanting those dates and have as much right to ask as anyone else, surely.

Yabu

I think you are being U,TBH.

The fact that you have kids should not have any bearing on when they take their holiday.

should they also work xmas as its a kids holiday, easter cos lets face it its all about the easter bunny??

such a shit stirring post.

YABU. Perhaps they want to go on holiday with friends or family with children. Perhaps they want to holiday in the UK in August which is statistically the time of year you are most likely to get good weather. Perhaps they want to experience Christmas or Easter in another country.

Obviously if people who do not have children are generous and try to book their leave outside school holidays that is very lovely of them. But it certainly isn't selfish of them if they do not.

Yabu as parents we don't have rights to AL during the summer holidays. Having said that if I didn't have DCs there's no way I would want a summer holiday during July or August.

YAB totally U. People should be able to take their annual leave when they like. They may have any reason for wanting that time off.

I expect you think childless emergency workers should work every Christmas Day as well.

YABU. So those people without children should have to holiday when the weather is rubbish?! Plus, you must assume they have a reason, i'm sure people wouldn't choose to pay the over-inflated summer holiday prices otherwise.

Thishas to be a wind up.

Yabu.Obviously.And may I be the first to enlighten you that actually,the world does not revolve around accomadating the holiday wishes of colleagues with children.

Why shouldn't they? The summer holidays is usually when the best weather is ~ maybe they are holidaying in the UK.

YABU.

Why should your life choices affect theirs?

YABU. All workers are equal. In a healthy environment people will take each others personal circumstances into account, but its not THEIR fault WE have children.

I work in a faculty at a university that doesn't have the usual holidays, ergo, there are none, whilst I'd love to save my annual leave for school holidays, I can't because the office always needs some kind of cover, and expecting my childless co-workers to miss out on any summer because of my children would be totally unreasonable. They are very considerate though, likewise, I am of them, so we usually get what we require.

Hardly fair to expect them not to really.

Yabu of course people can take holidays when they want, what gives a parent priority because its school holidays, I can see how fustrating it is , but I dont think companies would be allowed to insist childless employees take holidays before july and after august/september ,