A young woman who decided to take sick leave to travel had an awkward moment when she saw her boss… who was on the same flight as her.
In a video posted to TikTok, Grace explained that she had requested a day off, asking for a “doctor’s appointment.” In reality, she was returning home to Bali, Indonesia.
The 23-year-old freelancer often travels between her hometown and Europe for work.
But she was in for an unpleasant surprise at the airport. “I was standing in line when I saw a familiar face approaching me and calling my name,” she said. Newsweek.
His boss asked him sarcastically, “So this is the hospital?”
However, the young woman was not disappointed by this unexpected encounter. “I was very surprised [de le voir]“But we ended up laughing together,” Grace told British media.
She explained that they talked until they returned to their seats.
Tens of thousands of netizens reacted to Grace's video. One person said, “She would have cried like a baby and given her resignation letter” if she had been in this situation.
Another person said he also took sick leave to travel and his boss called him while he was waiting for his flight. “You can hear the boarding announcements in the background,” he wrote in the comments section.