When I was hired for my 20-hour job, I was told that I would be working two evenings (till 8) per week and every other Saturday and that in the future, we might also have Sunday hours. I agreed to this schedule. I am the only librarian who works both evenings in the week (we are open two late evenings, other days till 6), which is fine, because I have the least seniority.
Well, Sunday hours are now a reality starting in January. Here is the issue: He wants me to work Saturday AND Sunday of every other weekend. Saturday 8-5, Sunday 12-5. Will I be losing a day somewhere else? Nope. He wants to shave an hour here and there from my schedule to keep me at 20. I would be working parts of 4 days each week.
I am 90% sure that when Sunday hours were mentioned, he did NOT say that it would be both Saturday AND Sunday. Since it was a "maybe in the future," I didn't ask.
Anyway, I'm not willing to work both weekend days. I have kids. It is not fair to my family. (Boss has a wife and child who live in another state.)
Any advice for how to have this conversation? Some awkwardness-increasing factors:
1. He's one of those people that is almost never serious.
2. He does not have a private office and it's hard to catch him sitting down.
Can I e-mail him? Since e-mail is how he told me about this in the first place? Or do I need to talk to him in person? I'm already sweating just thinking about it.