Don't Feel Like Being Charitable

I know Christmas is just round the corner and it is again the season of excessive giving and sharing etc, but I just do not feel charitable at all. Not referring in monetary terms, but rather in terms of emotion eg. empathy, sympathy etc.

I cannot feel any empathy for the pregnant woman who called in and say she's not coming in for work because she's afraid that she would slip in the heavy rain and lead to miscarriage. She is not the only pregnant lady in the department and I do not see the others, who happened to be more advanced in their pregnancies, calling in to say they are not coming in to work due to the rain. Essentially this person has been using her pregnancy to give all sorts of excuse to come in late and go off early, and the in-charge actually accepted her reasons hook, line, sinker and all. The department's helmed by imbeciles.

Neither can I feel sympathy for a colleague who need to go on leave "quite often" for the next couple of weeks because of some family problem. Because I had promised not to tell others about the problem, I am not at liberty to go into details here on my blog.

Basically, I am angry because I am again not allowed to take leave. Again, the reason was "lack of manpower". Well, actually I am allowed to take leave if there is something urgent. What good is that? If I do not have anything urgent then I cannot go for a break? This festive season is so full of crock.