Giving up time for others
There's a story of a woman who was once asked at work if she can come in on a day that they had scheduled her off. Now they asked her this about a week in advance. The woman was not told why they wanted her to come in. She asked the manager what time should she be at work and what time would she be scheduled to leave. The manager gave her a short shift, just "Ten am till Two pm" she replied. The woman hearing this agreed to come in because it was only for a short shift and she could leave work at an early time. A few days later, the manager came up to the woman again and asked her if instead of coming in at ten am till two pm, if she can come in at eight am till one pm. Again the woman agreed thinking to herself that now she can leave an hour earlier and have more time for herself once she gets home. The day before she was to com...