It's awful.
This leads me to my point. I am planning a trip to Australia at the end of this session, and I am taking three days out of the week to go. I made the reservations before I got our new schedule session, so I knew there was a chance I might have to request a day off from work. It would be the first day of the session though, so it's a good one to miss. We still haven't been officially told our break schedule, but I was planning on telling them Friday to give them a full month to find someone to take my place that day, which I thought was completely reasonable. Boy, was I wrong.
Yesterday, our new teacher asked for a Friday off in May (In May!) to go to a family reunion. They absolutely freaked out and made a big speech to all of us about how taking a day was completely unacceptable. They said that it was our choice, but if that's what we wanted to do, we would have to leave. I figured I had to tell them yesterday, and I was met with the same response. They seemed genuinely distraught at the idea of losing me, and that was quite comforting. However, from what I can tell, it is out of their control. The higher ups have a no-tolerance policy.
Right now I am faced with the decision to completely cancel my trip or shorten it by an entire day (leaving me with only 48 hours in Australia) or going home. I would, and was planning on, just saying peace out if it came to this, but the thought of losing so much money in the exchange rate is disheartening. It makes me sick to my stomach. It would be like I never even came out here by the time I bought my ticket home.
I realized today that I have "the fear" (Friends reference), and I do not want to go back to the states in this economy with so little money in my pocket.
By Friday I will make a decision. I am still hoping to work something out with them at school, but I have not been able to change my flight. I do not recommend Expedia; they have done me wrong.
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