> But how well would it fly if you were to plead the need to feast, to embalm your brother, or to make an offering to a god?
Vacation, funerals, religious holy-days?
Vacation, funerals, religious holy-days?
Feels funny to read this. Always thought that Pascha was a Jewish holiday, which was later eclipsed by Easter (The Last Supper that Jesus had with his disciples was them celebrating the Pascha)
Boss: "What for?"
Me: "It's P."
She never asked again.
(I'm guessing you mean Private Time Off?)
Basically paternity / maternity leave, sick leave, vacation, jury duty, bank holiday, or whatever else is in the company's PTO policy...
Confusingly, paid time off (with the same abbreviation) is also sometimes used in the more obvious sense encompassing all or most paid leave (including some or all of things like bereavement, company/public holidays, paid time for administrative shutdowns, etc.)
(All of this is in the U.S.)
And I'm also in the U.S.