To think this lady should help cover the shift

[mumwhatnothing]

I only have 3 weeks left before I start maternity leave, my daughter started school 2 weeks ago and obviously I need to pick her up. On Mondays, I usually work the close shift in a womans clothing store. The woman who works the morning shift refuses to swap for just 3 weeks. She has no school age children and no real commitments. She is just unwilling to help out.

I probably am being unreasonable but it still bugged me.

Yes, sorry flipchart only three shifts, so hardly a great deal of leave. This time of year in Australia there's heaps of kids floating around retail stores as the stores put them on as additional staff for the Christmas and post Christmas sales. Aussie unis don't go back until the 2nd of March. I can't imagine it would be all that hard for the store to find someone to take on the shift. When I was in school/uni I was begging my manager for every extra shift that I could get during the holidays.