18-year-old employee tells boss to approve their leave or accept their resignation: 'How do I tell my boss that she either has to approve my 4 months' notice or accept my 2 weeks' resignation?'

Requesting time off from work is kind of a weird ritual. While you're technically "asking" for time off, that time is, is usually less of a "want" and more of a "need"—even though your employer will treat it like the former. It's not as if you can ask your cousin to reschedule their wedding just for you or your entire family to reschedule their family reunion. 

Still, lots of businesses have periods of high trade where they're exceedingly strict about granting any time off—or there during holiday periods when everyone is going to want to be away. And, well, having to work every holiday when the rest of your family is getting together or having to miss a vacation with your family because your boss is a control freak really stinks. 

After their boss rejected their leave request for time off in December, this employee reached out to this online community, where users engage in discussion about workplace issues, to ask readers how they should tell their boss that they would be handing in their resignation if their leave wasn't approved, noting in their post that they wanted to be able to take leave "whenever they can." The feedback they received from readers advised them to keep working the job without saying anything else for the time being. Between now and their holiday, they should start looking for a new job in January and then resign just before their holiday in December before returning to their new job.

Readers also strongly suggested that this young worker needed to work on the manner in which they spoke to their boss and ditch the incomplete sentences and emoji usage. Regardless of the situation at hand, commenters reasoned, a little professionalism would go a long way.