hi everyone, i’m in an awkward situation and i thought i could get some good insight from here. A good friend of mine died like 3 days ago from an OD, he was 17, its tearing me up inside and i (18) know i need to take time off to grieve, i just don’t know how to ask my boss. for context, i work at a pizza franchise, we are so understaffed that me taking this time off on such a short notice will cause a major disruption. however i’ve been recovering from trauma and substance abuse for about a year, my emotions are kinda fragile. if i don’t heal right ill probably end up back where i was before i started fixing my life. i don’t know what to do tbh, i already had to leave work early the past two shifts because of this and my boss was pissed (even though i told him the reason)