I work in hospitality (vaguely) so my company has a shift open for Christmas. In years past it’s only been Christmas Eve, but this year it’s Christmas day as well. We can’t exactly request off because someone has to work, & we have a pretty seniority based schedule (which works backwards at the holidays- people who have seniority have more of an expectation to pull through on the less desirable shifts). Back in October my boss asked everyone to send in holiday preferences, first come first serve, and he would see what he could do. My family is a few states away so I was the first one to ask off. Recently the guy who was writing the schedule quit & my buddy took over. It was a big responsibility & seniority jump up for him & he didn’t have to take it but he wanted to. He said he would do his absolute best to keep me off the schedule for as much of Christmas as he could, but he could only guarantee Christmas Eve. I was almost in the clear but last minute someone quit & he had to put me on. He also scheduled himself for Christmas day, because he doesn’t really like to celebrate the holidays. I came to terms with that as much as I could, but then I learned that, hours after the schedule was sent out, he asked the only available person to take his shift, so now he’s off entirely. I’m pissed because we’re close friends and he said he would do everything he could to help me out, but I feel like this was a really snakey move. I asked him if he could take my shift, and now he’s ignoring me. He also gets paid significantly more than I do & gets holiday pay (which I don’t). AITA for expecting him to keep his word & help me out?