Leave denied

I tried taking leave for 31st oct, 2nd nov and 4th nov, so that with the public holidays on 1st nov and 3rd nov, i would get to rest nine days for only three days of leave. Submit my leave form and boss looks at it, and said, "Hey! Your colleague is also on leave those days."

She didn't really want to give me the leave, and but didn't want to say it outright, yet another of those push factors in the company (by being not saying things upfront despite the smallness in numbers, one would have expected otherwise in small companies), and waited for me to say "Okie loh, then i dun take.".

Well... i may seem like i'm ok with everything, but i am not a pushover. I just said, "Dat means wat?". Then my boss said, she'll think about it later. Bah... internal administration was never important to her...

One might say that it is quite logical that two persons working in the same department (we've got departments???) cannot go on leave at the same time. It would seem logical until the day that would come where my colleague quits her job. She already hates it with a passion, and she'd even told me when she'll be leaving.

So when she leaves, and i'm the only guy left in my 'department', does that mean i cannot take leave at all? What a load of crap.

And to anyone who wanna tell me that if i'm the only guy left in the 'department', it would make me more valuable, please... that's not the case. It only means more work for the same pay, not more precious-ness on my part.

Bleahz, maybe i should quit at the same time as my colleague. I'll like to see the expression on her face. Can anyone tell me if suddenly all the employees quit together, whether it is a sue-able thing?