On vacation and accidentally looked at my work calendar

Okay, so I (40F) am gainfully employed and grateful for that but I dislike my job, which is highly stressful, and I can’t stand my boss, who is a narcissistic micromanager. I have been actively looking for another role for over a year, but the market is weird right now. Wondering how you all would approach this situation -

I am currently on a week long vacation. I have a separate phone that I use for work and I have it with me on vacation. I am in a role where I am technically on call at all times, but my assistant knows I’m out of office. However, if there is a major, life threatening emergency, I do want to be reachable. My plan was not to look at my phone at all while on vacation, but it’s the same model iPhone as my personal phone, so I picked it up and opened it by mistake this morning.

There is a meeting that we have twice a year where we are required to report to company ownership on our delinquent accounts. It usually takes me a couple of days to prepare for the meeting, pulling together documentation on each account and my collection efforts. While I’m out of the office, my boss has put this meeting on my calendar for 8:30 on the morning that I return.

Now, there are a couple of issues here. First, an 8:30 meeting requires me to be in office by 8:15 at the LATEST so that I can turn my computer on and log in to the meeting. If I hadn’t mistakenly opened my phone and seen the meeting, I likely wouldn’t have gotten to the office until 8:30-8:45 on Monday (start times are generally flexible) and likely wouldn’t be logged in until after the meeting starts.

Beyond that, I will not be prepared to present at all. I won’t have any time to review my accounts and provide relevant information.

So, Reddit, what would you do in my position?

  1. I get home Saturday, so I could spend some time Sunday prepping for the meeting and go in early on Monday prepared, but this would piss me off a lot.
  2. Go in early enough to be on the call but when it’s my turn to speak, say that, as I was unaware of the meeting, I am not prepared to speak.

  3. Feign total innocence, don’t call in until my boss texts me and state that I was not aware of the meeting since I’ve been out of office.

  4. Call out on Monday.

I’m very inclined toward option 3. I would love to think that option two and three would make my boss look like a bitch for putting this meeting on my calendar while I’m out, but I’m worried that it will just make me look unprepared. Genuinely curious to know what others would do in my situation. TIA.

Author: Nica-sauce-rex