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What is your go-to response when your boss asks you to work extra, you decline and they ask “Why?”

My boss just texted me asking if I could come in extra next week, I already have plans for that day so I responded saying I couldn't, to which they replied “Well why not?” This has happened in the past and it puts me in such an awkward situation because I dont just wanna tell them “None of your business” and come off as being rude, but I also dont wanna tell them why Im not coming in because… well its none of their business. ​ Does anyone have any suggestions on how to respond to a message like that without being a dick, but also not actually telling what I'm doing that day?


My boss just texted me asking if I could come in extra next week, I already have plans for that day so I responded saying I couldn't, to which they replied “Well why not?”

This has happened in the past and it puts me in such an awkward situation because I dont just wanna tell them “None of your business” and come off as being rude, but I also dont wanna tell them why Im not coming in because… well its none of their business.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to respond to a message like that without being a dick, but also not actually telling what I'm doing that day?

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