R/O

R/O

n. “Request Off,” i.e., part of an additional written notation on the calendar in the GROCERY BACK ROOM that means either someone wants a particular day off, or that on a particular day no such requests off will be honored.

NOTE: You can put your name on a date square of the calendar with the notation “R/O”, and it means you want to request that day off—i.e., to not be scheduled to work.

On the other hand, there are times when you're not going to get your wish, because, e.g., maybe it's INVENTORY time, or some such thing, and so the GROCERY MANAGER writes , “NO R/O” on one or more calendar squares to say, in effect, “Don't even bother to ask, because we're going to be very busy that day.”