O.K. I'm two days away from day's off, have booked a guide to fish the night of my birthday(14th). I'm stoked and confident we'll be on some big bass. My boss call's says dont make any reservations for day's off as he may need me. I reply I've already made reservations. At this point he totally blows a nail and tell's me don't make reservations without his prior knowledge, my day's off aren't garuanteed to take place when they're always supposed to and just ranted on. Told him I would cancel. He called me back a little while later told me not to cancel yet he would look at other options. So still don't know if I'll get to go or not. This is the same guy who put me on my personal best(my boss) and gets to go fishing pretty much when he wants and has even been with the owners of the company twice to Lake Baccarac, Mexico, this year. :-?

Too bad.  sucks not knowing whether you're going or not.  Tough to make plans that way. :-/

I agree.  Though I don't really understand the whole thing about not allowing you to make plans for your days off.  My company will control me when I am at work but not when I am not!  but I guess that is why I don't make the big bucks.  ;D

Sometimes it is tough being on the bottom of the totem pole.

If he is into fishing let him know what you have done. Surely he would not have you cancel a guided trip.

If he says you have to work, just give him the paid for guided trip and then he owes you big time.

Or you can just tell him to "Shove it".

Good luck.

just tell him to "Shove it".

Thats what I would do!!!! ;D ;D

Tell your boss they are your days off and you already made plans that you can not cancel. If he ruins this trip I would find another job.

Well He reneged and looks like day's off are as planned. Fishing trip is on. I guess we both needed to rant a little .

im guessin your a toolpusher for a drilling rig. yeh you guys are always on the job. ive seen them guys be out for 3 to 4 days straight with little or no sleep at all. I work for Rig and gas field supply company, i know you guys are always on the road

Someone once told me:

"People won't treat you the way you deserve to be treated. They treat you the way you let them."

If you want to keep this job, maybe you need to try and set some ground rules for vacation with the boss so this doesn't happen again.  

If the boss doesn't want to abide by the rules, then you know what kind of job it is, and only you can decide if this is acceptable behavior.

Yes, I am a toolpusher on a drilling rig. There are no ground rules. Do what is asked of us or go someplace else, but I knew this when I took this job. In this instance we had another pusher with medical problems and my boss was trying to figure out the best way to cover for him and keep his bosses happy at the same time. It is really a very demanding job. I often joke with my wife that I have 2 homes 1 the rig and my vacation home where she lives. As somebody said before I guess that's why I make the big bucks(ha.) Anyway crisis is over and fishing trip is on as planned. Maybe he was just upset I didn't invite him. ;D