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How do I approach calling out on my minimum wage job?

I am a high schooler working at a minimum wage job that seriously takes a toll on my mental health. It’s a small business and I only have 2 coworkers. I have been invited on a camping trip in two weeks, but unfortunately I am scheduled for one of the days that we’re supposed to be gone. I have sacrificed a lot of my summer to work and have genuinely not gotten a vacation at all. I really want to do something fun but I feel so guilty about calling out. I’ve tried to get my coworkers to cover my shift but nobody can. Is it selfish of me to want to go on a trip when I’m the only one that can work that day? I do not know how to approach this so if somebody could give me insight that would be great!! I would leave on Friday…


I am a high schooler working at a minimum wage job that seriously takes a toll on my mental health. It’s a small business and I only have 2 coworkers. I have been invited on a camping trip in two weeks, but unfortunately I am scheduled for one of the days that we’re supposed to be gone. I have sacrificed a lot of my summer to work and have genuinely not gotten a vacation at all. I really want to do something fun but I feel so guilty about calling out. I’ve tried to get my coworkers to cover my shift but nobody can. Is it selfish of me to want to go on a trip when I’m the only one that can work that day? I do not know how to approach this so if somebody could give me insight that would be great!! I would leave on Friday and return Sunday, but I am supposed to work an 8 hour shift on that Sunday and I know I won’t have any service to call out that day.

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