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Credit: DisneyA dispute between coworkers recently went viral on social media, sparking debate about whose time off requests should be prioritized. A “childless” woman reportedly scheduled her PTO months in advance but faced wrath from a coworker who wanted the same days off to take her family on a Walt Disney World Resort vacation.
The story originated from the TikTok channel and relationship discussion site Your Tango (@yourtango). The outlet summarized the dispute in a recent video that amassed tens of thousands of interactions:
@yourtango A childfree woman refused to be manipulated into giving up her preplanned trip to see family for the holidays so a coworker could take her kids to Disney World at the last minute #christmas #worktok #coworker #momsoftiktok #disneyworld #parents
“Evie, who is childfree, had gotten her vacation time approved months in advance to be home with her friends and family during Christmas,” the TikToker explained. “Reasonable, right?”
Her coworker, Karen, didn’t think so. Karen asked their boss if she could also take vacation time around Christmas to take her family to Magic Kingdom Park, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. Because the company still needed coverage, the boss asked Evie to give up her trip home with her family for Karen’s Walt Disney World Resort vacation.
“Their boss…asked Evie to ‘find it in her heart’ to cancel so that Karen could take her kids to Disney World for the holidays,” the TikToker continued. “He made this request two days before Evie’s vacation was to begin. She had already packed her bags and everything.”
Evie said no, and her boss forced her to tell Karen that “she can’t take her kids to Disney World.” Although Karen put up a fight, Evie still went home to visit family.
The incident sparked debate about management prioritizing parents’ vacation time over childless employees’. However, most commenters agreed that it was wrong for Evie’s boss to ask her to cancel a vacation approved months in advance.
“Nope. Plan ahead,” said @louiefriedrich. “Everyone deserves their vacation time.”
“Your poor planning doesn’t constitute an emergency for me,” @hazelreily23 agreed.
“Whoever asked for the vacations first get the priority,” @munchie_mon argued. “Im someone’s kid, someone sister, someone’s aunt. I have no kids but I do deserve being present w/ my family too.”
Some commenters said they would’ve been willing to work with Karen–just not two days before their planned vacation.
“2 days. No. A month in advance and you PAY me to swap maybe,” @lunanmoonwalker wrote.
Whose side are you on? Let Inside the Magic know in the comments!