Did you really want the promotion but feel you couldn't accept due to the extra activities, or did you really feel the promotion was too much for you and were happy for an excuse to say so? Sorry Cherokee, but I wasn't sure.

I really did want the last promotion I applied for which was just before I retired on disability. I had been "filling in" for the position for several months before it was advertised, and I really liked the job. One good thing going for the position (in my favour) was that it was the only position available in my workplace that I could have done on crutches or my cane..... (and I had been told as much)

I was so disappointed when they gave that position to the boss's daughter who was 20 something and new to the field. She had absolutely no experience, but had just got married and wanted the job because it was 9-5 in a work environment that mostly offered shift work.

I guess when they gave her the job I knew it was time for me to retire, as I knew that there'd be no more positions available for some-one like me... with a chronic illness.

I left 2 weeks later and haven't worked since.