Some background information. My elderly captain went on a secret mission for some reason and he was captured by the Cardassians. We all thought the XO would take his place until he got back, but Starfleet sent a new captain instead.

The first thing the new captain does is start changing things; making people wear uniforms, adding an extra shift, and sometimes he sounds mean or something. His excuse? A war could start and also we need to get our captain back. 🙄

Look, I get it, he's a captain so he has to act like a jerk, but I had some holodeck time pre-booked. Instead of enjoying some time perfectly reciting dialogue from a book that was public domain in the late 20th century, he's got me setting up a defensive array in case we get in a fight with the Cardassians.

What really pissed me off is every few hours he was asking me how the defensive array was coming, and how important it was that it's finished on time. So I walked my ass down to the bridge and told him what I thought about him. I gave him a well deserved lounge lashing while he just sat in the captain's chair too embarrassed to look at me. When I was done everybody on the bridge clapped, and my XO told me I was the best officer he had ever seen.

I thought it was all over with, the new captain would go away and we could go back to normal. Imagine my surprise when he personally tells me in my quarters how angry he is I talked to him like that in front of everybody and was punishing me by taking away my holodeck privileges FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK, and he would be letting our regular captain know what I said if he survived captivity with the Cardassians. He always throws the Cardassian card at us when he wants to get his way.

I talked to our all knowing alien in our space bar, and she said that I was being incredibly selfish. Our captain needs us, he might not survive, and she's bewildered that people say they care but are constantly coming to her to complain about having to work extra hours to save him. She even called me an asshole to my face, the captain could die and all I care about is myself. She's so rude!

AITA for wanting to have good work-life balance?

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