Ive been with this company for 12 years, 7 of that as a full-time employee. I recently put in for a day off { personal day} on the 14th of August to attend my little girls orentation to the first grade which starts at 3:00pm. I was denied a personal day because someone with more senoirity had askes for the same day off. I'm ok with that, seniority rules. However, I told my on-car supervisor that this was a day off that I needed and that I wouldn't be at work on that day, Paid or not. He told me to call-in . My center manager was gone last week, so today, Monday the 13th I informed him that I wasn't going to be at work tomarrow the 14th, he ask why, and I informed him of the situation. I've missed one day in the last 15 weeks and all I got was a rash of crap. I miss alot of my daughters school functions during the holidays because of peek season, and I'm ok with that, all part of the job. However it's the middle of August and I don't feel that I should be given the third degree about taking a day off [ a Tuesday at that] without pay . I work in Lenexa Kansas, in the East center [ and I hope someone in management reads this post ] I get two personal days off a year, and haft to give 8 days notice if I want one. Seems to me that a multi-billion dollar company wouldnt haft to make an employee be afraid to call in and and take a day off every 4 or 5 months, especilly if they have days off with pay on the books comming. Maybe I'm making alot out of nothing but it really rubbed me the wrong way the way the situation was handled. And I am taking tomarrow off. Should of just waited, called in and lied, and told them I was sick