You booked the holiday. You paid the deposit. Your bag is half-packed in the corner of the bedroom. And four days before you are due to leave, your manager pulls you aside and says, “I am so sorry, but with the staffing situation we are going to have to ask you to cancel.”
If you have ever finished a twelve-hour shift, sat in your car for ten minutes before driving home because you could not face moving yet, and then opened your phone to find another patient question waiting for you — this post is for you.