I’m self employed but the owner of the studio is my boss.
I hate asking for stuff but I’m so burnt out, I usually love my job but the last year has been really hard mentally. So today I got the courage and asked for a half day, once a week. I usually get Sunday and Monday off but due to the nature of my job I have designing/drawing to do on a Monday night (tattooist). So really I get one day off a week and I spend 50% of it sleeping/napping, 25% cleaning the house and 25% staring at the wall because I’m depressed af. Sunday everything in my city is closed, there’s not really much to do.
She asked why I wanted this time off, I said because it will give me time to go to the bank (I get paid in cash and my bank closes before I finish work since I’m left to lock up every night) so I can pay my bills on time for a change, to get a chiropractor app every once in a while to ease the pain in my back, maybe get my hair or nails done sometimes, maybe a therapy session, maybe just go to a cafe and relax with a nice coffee or maybe just sit and do something I enjoy once in a while.
Her exact response was “well just do that stuff on Monday” with a harsh tone then walked away from me. I make this person close to or sometimes over £500-1000 a week. I backed down and now I just feel pathetic for asking. I think I’m autistic so there’s a chance her tone wasn’t as harsh as my brain perceived but I don’t know really. Im not the only person working there so it’s not like she’ll not be earning anything from me while I’m off.