A colleague asks how to submit vacation requests.

— Hey Mark, what's the policy for vacation requests? I'd like to take time off in July, when the kids are out of school.
— You and everybody else. You've got to submit a form to Human Resources. It's first come, first serve, based on seniority.
— I see. My chances wouldn't be very good then, would they? Maybe I should try for February, when the kids have mid-winter break.