I called in sick not just because I was not well enough to properly do my job but also for the consideration of my co-workers who probably don’t want what I’ve got.
So, your little rule is that if I’m out for more than one day I need a doctors note. Are you sure a note from my mommy won’t do since you seem to think I’m 12 years old?
I’m not going to wait at a doctors office for a cold so instead I will be at work coughing and sneezing on everything and everyone I see. My goal is to infect the entire office.
All I needed was one more day off then I would have the whole weekend to recover but that would just ruin your little work schedule too much, wouldn’t it?
Lets see how you do when everyone calls in sick. —Sick in the Head
This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.
You either have to suck it up, sweetcakes or find yourself a government job with 18 days of sick time.
The other day I had to listen to a man hacking, coughing, and spitting (no sneezing, thanks goodness) at a bus stop for what seemed like eternity. At first I thought he was choking, but no, he was just sick. I thought to myself, why can’t he take a day off if he is that sick? I can understand lost wages, but if he makes everyone else sick at work, he can’t afford those people’s lost wages. But I guess he must have the same boss as OP does.
I think you need to be out three consecutive days before they can ask you for a doctor’s note.
18 days??? Fuckin government.
We get two sick days all year. We asked for more and got turned down. The reason? People missing too much time. The same ones miss every Friday after pay day. How they haven’t been fired yet I have no idea. I went in sick last week because I can’t afford to miss time. Eat or get other people sick who miss too much time anyway? Tough choice.
rules are rules o.p., when i was working, i had to have a doc’s slip if i or anyone else was going to be out more than just one day.
I find it very frustrating when rules, which are meant to help people be more effective, efficient, productive, or whatever, become something that people follow blindly to the exact opposite effect. If only people spent a few seconds thinking why those rules were arbitrary put in place to begin with.
Most docs offices make you pay for a note. And most berate you if you do ask for one. Well, in my experience anyway. And I didn’t have a cold, I had pneumonia and mono AT THE SAME TIME. ugh.
OP please take my advice. Go to work. Cough all over your hands and wipe your nose with your fingers. Touch everything on your boss’s desk – and I mean EVERYTHING. Soon your boss will be home sick and everyone in the office will thank you.
They do that so douchebags don’t abuse it. You may not be twelve but rest assured some of your co-workers are.
thanks ufb…i am reminded of the seinfeld episode when elaine wipes her ass on the keyboard
Awww what a sin. Your employer doesn’t sound very understanding. Maybe it’s time to look elsewhere?
The reason they’re asking for a doctor’s note probably has to do with your (or your particular divisions’) absenteeism rate. When I was in management, only people with attendance problems got asked for notes. Just saying.
Screw that! You got sick because of someone else’s germs, so get out there, go on the bus, spread those little buggers around. Go to the mall and talk all the railings and the escalator. Get your name out there in the form of a new super bug. You could call it SitH-1N1.