Valentine’s Day is a holiday, but will you still have to work?
Young women and men in the corporate world are currently in a dilemma. February 14th is Valentine’s Day and it’s also a Saturday, which means it’s a holiday. But what if you go to a party or a movie that day and get a call from the boss? What if they ask you to complete some work?
Last year, this happened to many people. Some had to leave the party and go home and complete their work, some had to sit in the theater and complete their work on their mobile phones. All of them were angry. Their friends who came with them were also angry. While everyone else was having fun, some had to work in silence. This time, all these angry, angry young people have decided to go to a place where there is no phone range, but there is still anxiety in their minds.
They are afraid of being fired from work. They are praying that the boss will come to his senses and have a fun Valentine’s Day.
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The candles burned low while we worked, not from passion but from neglect.
The pasta had gone cold; the roses wilted quietly between us.
My phone buzzed again—*“Need this tonight. Non-negotiable.”*
Across the table, my spouse’s laptop chimed with an alert marked *URGENT*, as if urgency were a virtue.
Neither boss asked. They never do. They assume our time belongs to them, that silence means consent.
We told ourselves it was temporary. Just this sprint. Just this quarter.
But once you surrender an evening, work learns it can take your nights too.