Entitled mum is slammed online after requesting child-free colleague works her Christmas Day shift

08.12.2022 - 01:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk

Christmas is a special time of the year for people of all ages, whether you're a child excited for Santa, a parent who's making the holidays magical for your little ones, or you're just simply looking forward to spending time with your loved ones. But one woman has been blasted online for believing she is more entitled to spending the big day with her family.

As a single parent with an autistic child, she felt she should be allowed to be with her four-year-old boy on Christmas Day - and that she was within her rights to ask her single colleague to withdraw their holiday request.

But she received a lot of backlash after confessing her request on Mumsnet. The author went on to explain that she usually gets along with her colleague, but has been left in an awkward situation after they both asked for Christmas off, the Mirror reports.

Her "closed-minded" post stirred up some controversy among other users who argued that it's unfair to "minimise" her colleague's Christmas because she does not have a child. The author wrote: "Ok I feel terrible about this but me and my colleague who I get on with quite well normally have both requested Christmas Day off but our manager has said that only one of us can have it off and that we need to sort it out.

"I have asked her to withdraw her request as she and her husband, who have no kids, normally go to her husband's parents on Christmas Day, but they also go every week so it's not like they never see them whereas I, on the other hand, have a four-year-old Autistic son.

"He normally goes to nursery but his nursery closes 1 week before Christmas and doesn't open until next year. The shift in question is a three hour shift between 7 and 10 in the morning, so she and her husband could still