I'm NOT the boss

OK.. so I'm NOT the boss. Someone else is.

I wanted to apply for a day off, either last monday or today. But the boss said that she needs everybody around, including yours truly here. And that means no one, and I mean NO ONE was allowed to apply for leave.

Then I found that I might have to fetch my Dad at the airport today, so I asked her for a time-off from work, say.. leave about an hour earlier than normal office time. She said, actually time-offs are for medical purposes & real emergencies. I didn't say much to her lah, but in the end she did give me the 1 hour off.

Once she stepped out of the office, my colleague turned to me and said: "I can't believe she said time-offs are for 'medical and real emergencies' only! You should've just given it straight to her face like this: 'Oh? Only for medical and emergencies? I thought last time you took time off to go to daughter's school, to go to embassy, to do personal things? OoHhh.. is THAT emergency??'

LOLs.. I told my colleague that I didn't want to make trouble, and anyway I couldn't be bothered to have THAT much communication with the boss ;))

I guess a worker will always see a boss as a boss. No matter how human or beastly that person may be...