Tomorrow night is the super bowl here in American it's a big day for football fans all around. I am not working today because my sister's sweet 16 is tonight and I am coming home from college to see her. Tomorrow i am working from 1-6. A friend of mine is BEGGING ME to work his sift tomorrow night from 5-9....i purposely requested that I could only work 1-6 because i got invited to a party tomorrow night....and now my friend is calling me a HUGE JERK because i wouldn't cover his shift. I told him he should have requested off and considering he didn't that why he got stuck with the S*it shift. He hasn't watched the super bowl in 3 years because he's ALWAYS been working....i know we've been good friends and everything but it's my decision. He came up to my dorm this morning and cursed and me telling me i'm an A*S Hole for not covering his shift and that I'm being selfish.
-Am i being a jerk for not covering his shift??
-Am i being selfish?
-PLEASE HELP!!!-
2007-02-03 02:16:47 · 7 answers · asked by Mike T 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
No you aren't being a jerk for not covering his shift. This is his problem and not yours. You are not his boss you only work there. If it were that big of a deal to him, he should have planned it long ago. He is just dumping on you because no one else will cover for him last minute. Tell him to grow up and stop whining. Don't cover for him.
2007-02-03 03:03:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your doing the right thing, if he hasnt had the super bowl off in the past three years thats his own fault, he knows how to put in for a request off. You have prior obligations, more important then his. You keep up with your strong side, and if he is a good friend and not using you he will drop it and deal with work. Other wise he may not be as good as a friend as you thought. A real friend would ask, and then go to someone else if you said no, or just drop it and work the shift
2007-02-03 10:31:44 · answer #2 · answered by Mindy A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're NOT being a jerk... You already had plans, so if you were to cover his shift you'd be making a promise you made to your other friends... He is screaming and cussing at you because he is mad, and he is hoping to bully you into taking his shift... I agree with you that if he wanted the time off he'd requested it....I also don't think he is a good friend to you... a good friend wouldn't behave himself like that... so go to work 1-6, go to your party afterwards and don't worry about people who whine when they don't get their way....
2007-02-03 10:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by This is what I think 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello--your lil sis only gets 1 sweet 16 party. The super bowl is every year, tell him to take it out on someone else. Your sis will always remember you not being there for her party, and this guy will forget about you not covering his shift in a couple months. Blood is thicker than water!!!
2007-02-03 10:46:16 · answer #4 · answered by Leo_Woman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand why you would even ask. You organized your life, and he didn't. He doesn't sound like much of a friend to me. I don't know where you work or how many other people he could ask, but do you notice nobody else will cover it either? People plan to watch the superbowl, normal people that is. He didn't. Tell this guy to jump in a lake.
2007-02-03 10:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by The Scorpion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not being selfish. Your friend should have requested off, just like you did. He's not your friend if he's calling you a jerk because you don't want to change your plans to work for him. His loss.
2007-02-03 10:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by DEENIE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg he's the *** hole! its HIS fault that he couldnt have gotten a better shift. its HIS fault that he hasnt seen the superbowl in 3 years. YOU were the smart one to take the better shift. and YOU r going to go to that party and have fun and not care about what ur "friend" has to say. he wasnt smart enough to get a better shift, so he has no right to get mad at u!
2007-02-03 10:21:49 · answer #7 · answered by book worm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋