This story is both satisfying…and a bit sad.

And you’ll see what I mean when you dive in to this tale from Reddit.

Read on and find out what happened.

Friend can only bank overtime. His boss had quite a surprise when he retired early…

“A friend of mine worked for a big government department.

But despite their bigness, they were understaffed, and did not pay overtime.

However, you could bank that overtime to take time off.

And you never lost that banked time if you did not take it, say, within the year.

This was gonna be good!

So, when he figured out he had TWO YEARS worth of overtime, he waited until he was 2 years from retirement and took two years of vacation just before retiring…

Good thing he did because cancer got him 4 years later.”

Let’s see how Reddit users reacted.

This person shared a story.

Another individual had a lot to say.

This Reddit user spoke up.

Another person weighed in.

And this Reddit user had a lot to say.

If you earn that vacation time, you might as well use it!

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