On 2013-04-13 03:42:25, Russell wrote:

>>>> In general, I'd say if you can't take a vacation that you want to
>>>> take, you either haven't planned far enough ahead, or your boss is
>>>> incapable of properly managing his business (of course for my values
>>>> of "properly managing"), or he/she is too greedy.
>>>>
>>>> It's always possible to take a vacation; it's more a matter of
>>>> priorities and sticking to what's agreed upon than of it being
>>>> possible or not.
>>>
>>> This is definitely one of "those" areas the admins will be watching.
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> My wife plays a very key role in her job - capable old hand with much
> experience amongst many much younger people.
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> She (late 2002):  I want to take 9 weeks off for a world tour in mid 2003=
..
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> They: Sorry can't be done. Too long. Unable to be accommodated. Sorry ...
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> She But I've been here 20 years!
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> They: Sorry can't be done. Too long. Unable to be accommodated. Sorry ...
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> She: That's a shame. I'll have to resign.
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> They: What dates will you be away?
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> A glorious 9 weeks it was :-).

Glad she got it done :)

It's a shame that good people have to live with stuff like that, but
then... good people know how to deal with it, too -- mostly. Hopefully
this encourages the one or other good people who can't so far to really
try it the next time.=20

You need to be willing to take a risk, though...

Gerhard
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