Current mood:

pessimistic

Not a happy bunny
This has been developing for a couple of weeks, but as of today it's looking extremely unlikely I'll be able to attend Confuzzled... Work refused my holiday because there'd be no one left to work (which is because for almost a year now they've been running the department with only half the staff it's supposed to have).

I always expected the possibility of the holiday being refused, but ordinarily you're allowed to take the day off unpaid if they wont give you paid holiday - they've now suddenly refused to allow this. I was told that nobody is allowed to get unpaid days off now, despite knowing other department staff are getting them.

I'm making a desperate last minute attempt to get the union to change this, but it's a slim shot at best. So it seems I can kiss goodbye to the all the money I paid for Confuzzled (including transport, sponsorship, new clothes, etc. it comes to about two months wages), the biggest social event of the year for me, and it seems I'd have given up on going to Anthrocon for nothing. All so I can spend 10 hours earning a meager wage whilst being bemoaned for not managing to do what used to be three people's workload.

I'm trying very hard to keep a positive outlook right now, but it sure aint easy to find a silver lining here.