India, Nov. 20 -- An unusual leave request from a young employee has become the centre of a light-hearted discussion on changing workplace culture, after an Associate Director shared the incident on LinkedIn.

His post, filled with humour and disbelief, quickly struck a chord with social media users who related to the generational gap it highlighted.

"I think this might be the moment I officially realised I am getting old," the caption of the post reads.

Gaurav Sharma from Delhi, an associate director at a company, explained that he received an email from a team member requesting "Sicko Leave." Assuming it was a simple typing mistake, he called the employee in to clarify.

To his surprise, the employee calmly confirmed that it was inten...