I was on vacation when my boss called me in the afternoon saying, “Julie, I am sorry, I have bad news for you”.
I said, “Just speak up Sir, what is it?”
He said, “we have an emergency, and I need you to report to work by 8:00 am tomorrow morning please, would you be kind enough to do that for me?”
I said, “If duty calls, I will obey, but Sir, I am at the other end of the country, it is at least 3-4 driving hours from her to our city, and I do not have my car, I came by plane, the nearest flight is tomorrow evening, I would have taken the bus or train, but there are no such services here unfortunately”
My boss said, “well, why don’t you take a cab or an Uber?”
I almost screamed saying, “Sir, that is a long drive and it would be very expensive, it might cost me a whole month salary for
