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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll ask her the reason for the change, but I can’t get past this feeling that she did this intentionally. Like she knew all along that she wanted the thanksgiving week off but handled it this way instead. The reason I feel this way is, when she originally raised the subject, she mentioned that the time could be during Thanksgiving. When I asked her for the dates, I told her it was fine, it wasn’t during holiday. Then for her to do this? It makes me feel…like I’m being manipulated.[/quote]

Is she American?

I'm French living in the US, and for many years I didn't know off the top of my head when Thanksgiving was, or how important it was for Americans. I can totally see how she wouldn't have known precisely the first time she contacted you about her PTO. For her it's just one day when Americans eat a lot. It took me a while to understand that actually, people take Friday off too (in my office lots of people still worked on that Friday - I didn't realize a lot of them where internationals like me!) and some just leave for the week.

Please don't assume she manipulated you. [/quote]

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You sound slow.

There’s literally a whole article in the WSJ about how the French love taking time off, especially when they can extend a weekend or long weekend.

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Nothing to do with the topic, which is Thanksgiving. Europeans don't have Thanksgiving. Why are you so nasty?

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