Lack of preparation on your part does not necessitate an emergency on mine.

Don't you just hate it when one of your co-workers, one who ALWAYS has rush jobs for you, will hover if she comes to your office and you're on the phone with someone else and she just stands there - right next to you - until you can address her latest crisis, and everything is SO important and CAN'T POSSIBLY wait, tells you, when you call her to tell her that you've delivered one of the crucial projects that's been sitting on her desk for a couple of weeks within an hour of receiving the final spec, she tells you she's too busy to talk to you for 10 seconds? And out of the mouth of this same co-worker for the last 6 weeks has been how concerned she is because she's going on vacation for 2 weeks and so she's off-loading everything onto you and a couple of other people. Yet she's still so busy.

Honestly, people. You're not all that important. Your shit does, in fact, stink too. I realize this may be coming as a surprise to you, but it's really true. If you can't manage your time and your work load, this does not mean that I have to jump through hoops to get your work done.

Hell, I'm going on MATERNITY leave in a matter of weeks but I'm not spouting it off every time I open my mouth. That's probably because I have to work through its duration (from home) because I can't afford to not get paid and the leave that's being offered doesn't work for me. I'm looking ahead, sure, but I'm not beating people over the head. If they can't plan ahead, so be it. I'll address their work when I get time to, between feedings, diaper changes, and long sessions in the rocking chair.