Recently my manager quit, so they promoted a shift lead to take his place. He keeps telling everyone that time off requests are just that, a request. Now I understand to a degree if it's for paid time off. But this ass thinks my unpaid time off is at his discretion. And not only that, they want to now give write ups for anyone who calls out more than twice in a 30 day period, even if they scheduled you outside of your availability.
My time off is not a request unless you are paying me for it. Any other time off I need I AM taking. It's my notice to you that I will not be there. So figure it out big boy, you are in charge now so act like it.