How many times do I have to tell you...

[arib]

No, I can't work late on Fridays.

No, I can't come in on Saturday afternoons to do some overtime.

I've told you each of these things a dozen times, so why do you ask me to do both in the same breath?!

Sheesh.

Comments

[beki.livejournal.com]

Cause they are idiots??? Sounds like my boss.. But I wont go there :)

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Cuss them out in Yiddish.

[cellio]

Ours is the only mainstream religion that forbids work on a certain day, as opposed to really preferring that you not do that. I've had Christian coworkers before who thought that Shabbat was like Sunday is for them -- yeah, you do religious stuff, but that doesn't stop you from going out to a movie afterwards, or to work, or whatever.

Which doesn't mean that your boss isn't an idiot, given the number of times you've explained things to him... it's just taking way too long to get this distinction through his head, it seems.