Scale Back an Open House While Honouring Approved Leave

You supervise the showroom at Cedar Hollow Furniture. Branch manager Elena Marsh has advertised Saturday’s open house with order collection, workshop tours, and furniture-care demonstrations. Two colleagues already have approved leave, leaving you and one assistant available. Order collections are booked and need both of you during the busiest hour. Tours and demonstrations could be offered the following weekend. Elena has suggested asking the absent colleagues to return, but you want to protect their leave while preserving customers’ trust.