Working a job with a lot of employees. Ended up in a meeting with the senior staff, where they seemed to find it a big confusion that people who requested a day off around the holidays, before or after, would then not come in to work just because the day off was denied.
Had to take a manager aside after to tell him that, well, when people put in a time off request, they don't see it as a request, they are telling us what day they cannot work, so of course they will still take it off. He seemed flabberghasted that anyone would think this way, whereas I'm appalled anyone thinks his way.
It confuses me sometimes, the difference in thought pattern between management and employee.