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winterbadger) wrote2010-03-30 11:38 am
winterbadger) wrote2010-03-30 11:38 am
bloody hell
This situation truly warrants the "pants" icon.
I had calculated to a nicety how far negative I could go in leave to take my trip next week.
As you can imagine, that didn't involve me taking nearly a week off sick (I can't recall the last time I did this that wasn't recovery from an operation).
So, I have the choice of taking my vacation as planned but taking the time off without pay (which would cost me a very large sum, let's call it X) or cancelling my trip (which would cost me, with nonrecoverable plane fare &c., about 2/3 of X).
This will be at least the third time in the past four years that I've had to cancel an overseas trip at the last minute. Of course, the last time I *took* an overseas trip it wasn't a 100% happy experience either.
*sigh*
I had calculated to a nicety how far negative I could go in leave to take my trip next week.
As you can imagine, that didn't involve me taking nearly a week off sick (I can't recall the last time I did this that wasn't recovery from an operation).
So, I have the choice of taking my vacation as planned but taking the time off without pay (which would cost me a very large sum, let's call it X) or cancelling my trip (which would cost me, with nonrecoverable plane fare &c., about 2/3 of X).
This will be at least the third time in the past four years that I've had to cancel an overseas trip at the last minute. Of course, the last time I *took* an overseas trip it wasn't a 100% happy experience either.
*sigh*
Re: Opportunity cost...
Plus I took about two hours to go tot he doctor and get some meds and groceries, and now I feel like I've been done over by a gang of road menders.