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Three holidays booked abroad?

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GaynorGoodwin · 22/05/2019 00:09

I’ve got 3 holidays booked with work, two separate weeks this year and one next, all are abroad. We’ve got them in as at hubby’s place of work it’s hard to book anything last minute plus it can be first come, first served. Anyway at my place I just have to check with a colleague, making sure she’s not booked the same week (all which I’ve done) and she’s confirmed she’s not. My point now is, she’s made two comments in front of the other teams ‘that I’ve got three holidays booked’ so loud others do hear. Seriously WTF is she doing? She is away herself abroad, doesn’t miss out on holidays...How should I reply as she’s pissing me off big time?? Advice welcome, what do you think?

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rainbowunicorn · 22/05/2019 09:45

At my work you can book up to a year in advance. You go on the holiday page, if there are two people from your team already booked for a particular day then you can't book. If not it is fair game. People talk about where they are going, what they are doing and sometimes there may be a bit of friendly banter if someones going on several holidays in one year but we never seem to have a problem.
However I do work with normal people and not the professionally offended types that seem to post on mumsnet.

gingersausage · 22/05/2019 10:03

It’s nothing to do with being “professionally offended”. I agree that it’s perfectly normal workplace chat, and that life would be boring if there was no discussion about day to day stuff.

However, I’m not the one moaning because someone made a comment about my holidays. My point is that if you have such an issue with people discussing your life, don’t discuss it with them in the first place.

YouCantSeeMeHere · 22/05/2019 10:04

Two words: humble brag

NoSauce · 22/05/2019 10:05

What’s the problem, I don’t understand?

TheClitterati · 22/05/2019 10:21

Just say "Brilliant isn't it?"
Accompanied with

AnyFucker · 22/05/2019 13:26

I had 4 last year..

There...that beats your stealth boast.

JingsMahBucket · 22/05/2019 13:58

How on earth is this a stealth boast or humble brag??

Blazings · 22/05/2019 14:04

There...that beats your stealth boast.

Why was it a stealth boast?

Yabbers · 22/05/2019 19:05

You can, if you want, change a timeshare week?
Nope. Not at ours. There are rarely other weeks available, and it is a school holiday week. It also costs £150 to do it.

azulmariposa · 22/05/2019 19:18

She's jealous. One of my colleagues keeps commenting that I've got a fortnight off. Two weeks! Anyone would think it was two months the way she brings it up every bloody day!!!

Snausage · 23/05/2019 21:28

@gingersausage ha! Great minds!

Quantumphysics · 23/05/2019 23:11

Just a word here about the climate disaster we are facing. Do people still really think that flying this much and so frivolously is acceptable? Or are they just burying their heads in the sand?The predictions based on our current carbon output are very bleak if you’ve read the research. DH and I haven’t flown in 5 years for environmental reasons. Imagine how horrified our children will be when they realise how our generation have squandered and devastated their planet.

Wimbledonwomble · 23/05/2019 23:28

I do find people who book many months on advance annoying as ultimately they get the first pick and then everyone have to go around these dates which always seem to be the most convenient ones (ie. around BH).
Someone in my office booked the middle 2 weeks of the school summer holidays. She did it before Christmas when most of us hadn't even thought about holidays. She has no kids but was going with friend who works in a school. I was a bit pissed off as I would've liked those weeks but first come first served. Instead I had no choice but to book a holiday right at the start of the holidays (not what I would choose). She's just announced she's had a change of plan & is going in September now

StillCoughingandLaughing · 24/05/2019 10:02

Just a word here about the climate disaster we are facing. Do people still really think that flying this much and so frivolously is acceptable?

Oh FFS, we’ve had a few of these posts on this thread now and no one is biting. No one needs the fun police. If you’re going to worry about the planet, worry about major world powers rejecting the Kyoto agreement - and even denying climate change altogether. It’s not Janet from Stafford having a week in Majorca that’s going to tip the balance.

reluctantbrit · 24/05/2019 10:10

We can book quite far in advance. We have one colleague who for a year or so booked time off just to cancel it or said "I book it but am not 100% sure yet".

In the end we (team of 5) said, if someone likes to block than fine but if it is just provisionaly and someone else needs the time and the first person can't confirm the slot is open again. We got fed up.

With school/uni holidays fixed theree of us have to make sure we can get decent slots between us and noone books the holiday before knowing they can have the time off. As long as it works for the team it is doable.

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