Don't ask for much. I ask for one maybe two days off and that is it. As a result I usually get weekends off. Don't really understand how that works but it does. In december I did not bid at all thinking that I would end up working on x-mas anyway. Not only did I get x-mas off, but x-mas eve and new years day off too.
The guy above asked PBS for too much so it put him on reserve while I held his line for the past two months.