Whether he was on vacation or in the office when you requested the time off, he gave you the okay and shouldn't have had a problem with it. It was wrong of him to leave you an irate message while you were gone. However, you should definitely have talked to him about it in person instead of communicating by phone/voicemail. As for the other folks who commented, as long as you didn't leave them in the lurch, it isn't any of their business.
Lioness, Queen of the Jungle
