It is a family business, literally. Two brothers, wives, children and Mum and Dad who are retired but still have a lot to do with the purse strings.
My boss, wife and two children want to go on holiday end of July, but of course they need to cover the shifts of 4 people, which is quite hard. They asked if I could do extra shifts as if I couldn't have a big input, then they wouldn't be able to go away. Of course I said yes. I always do extra for them, tis very rare I say no and it is usually because I have guests or DH has a meeting - so I would say 99.9% of the time I do the extra. A while back he asked if I could cover a Saturday night in August, we get back from a long haul flight on the Monday, I am working Tue, Wed and Fri of that week, so I said no, because more than likely I will be tired and it is a big possibility that my parents will be here. I just reminded him last night that I was not able to cover that particular shift and he went mental and said he was fed up of staff not pulling their weight and I arrive back on the Monday into England which gives me nearly a week to catch up . He was going on and on that staff don't care - well most of them don't because they are just kids wanting a bit extra between uni terms and school. He also asked if I could then cover this coming Sunday lunch because his daughter has 12 exams next week, I said no because it is Father's Day and I have my parents here - again, met with a look of disdain.
I need to get another job, a job during the day, a job in an office,, with no late nights.
He seems to forget that the other staff don't have families, I do and I look after the house, kids DH and then go to work. Why should I give up my Sunday?
and breathe......