Argh.

[deathpixie]

I swear to god, I'm going to strangle the next person at work who asks me if I'm going anywhere for Christmas. The answer would be: "No, my family all live in Australia, I don't have the cash to go back this year and in the last four Christmasses I've worked here, have I ever taken time off for Christmas? No, I haven't!"

*sigh* I know they mean well, but ffs, it's not like I haven't been here for four years already and explained this every bloody year, not to mention explained it at least a dozen times in the last couple of days.

Maybe I'm a tad oversensitive about it this year. *wry* Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean...

Comments

[ion-duck.livejournal.com]

Well-- at least you weren't promised a special Christmas eve off as THE ONLY full time employeee getting the day off only to have to boss decide to let everyone off.

[seraangel.livejournal.com]

This is going to sound terribly cliche, but don't take it to heart. It's the standard 'polite conversation/small talk' question for this time of year, and people you work with aren't like people you know outside of work.

Most of the time, no matter how long you work with someone, you're still going to be an aquaintance unless you go out of your way to make it otherwise. That's got nothing to do with you as a person, or them as a person and everything to do with the way work environments are.

So don't sweat it, mate.