A had a day off on Monday.
Nobody new. Well, me, being his manager, didn’t know. So I asked him about it today.
“Where were you Monday?”
“It was my day off.”
“You didn’t tell me.”
“Did I need to? I told H, and she put it on the wall chart.”
“It’s not in your calendar.”
“It says ‘Crawley’.”
“That means nothing to me. It doesn’t say Annual Leave, so I presume you’re still around, and still answering your phone.”
“Well, I did all I needed to, as far as I’m concerned.”
“As far as I was aware, it’s courtesy, if nothing else, to notify your manager when you intend to have a day off.”
“I did,” came his reply.
Oh. Okay. Last time I checked, I was his manager. At least, that’s what it says on my Job Description (which, incidentally, I am the only person in the whole company who has a JD).
