Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
One of my colleagues keeps booking Fridays as holiday, meaning he always gets a three-day weekend. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, except that he block-books those days months ahead and I can’t seem to get in early enough to beat him to the punch.
Is there any way I can stop him doing this without creating a row in the office? Our office seems to work on the basis of first-come first-served, but I don’t want to start asking for time off next year.
What should I do?
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