Colleagues who think it's OK to contact you with seemingly innocuous work questions when you're on leave
I took 3 leave days in the past 6 months, and both times I was contacted with stupid questions from my peers. The first time I took a days leave for my Son's birthday, to take him to the city and I told my lunch buddies all about our plans. First thing that morning one texted me an "urgent" request under the guise of a quick 5 min response needed, except that it wasn't and it made me late for our cinema trip.
Last month I went on a 2 day city break with my partner (our first in 4 years) I set my out of office message with clear instructions on who to contact for what query. I switched my work phone off and low and behold, I'm about to board a plane when I pick up a frantic voicemail from another peer asking me to urgently provide details for a report due next day. It was not urgent and she could have asked someone more senior actually in work that day, but oh no panicky Annie thinks it's easier to disturb her ole buddy.
The lesson here is of course not to give my personal number out but I honestly thought professionals ought to have a basic EQ. Its not a culture from the top down. Senior management never contact people on leave. Unless you have a control freak manager who asks to be contacted with any questions then it's never OK to contact colleagues leave - whether they're sitting on their sofa scratching their arse or going skiing on a mountain top. Still fuming