retail has totally shaped the way I think about calling in sick.
Ah, that explains a great deal. You're sounding like a co-worker who had a cold and wouldn't stay home, and it got worse and she wouldn't stay home, and after a month and at least one visit to ER, her doctor told her she wasn't allowed to get out of bed for a couple of days.
It's not a personal failing to be sick, and sick leave isn't an indulgence. If your being out for a few days causes the office to fall into chaos, they ought to be paying you more. So it'll be good for them to figure that out.
Rest. Get juice and tea. There's some kind of Tylenol flu product that I swear made me feel like mom had tucked me in, soothed my fevered brow, and then knocked me out with an elephant tranq. So I recommend that. Oh, and order in some hot & sour soup.
I've had this problem before, and it's based on who sent it out, not on who's receiving it.
UPS claims that, but I don't believe them. There are a few companies I order from regularly, and sometimes they demand a signature, and sometimes they'll leave it at the door. It's definitely not based on the price of whatever is getting delivered. I once came home and found a box from Amazon, and a notice about a second box from Amazon. It's insane and I hate them. Grr.
I don't have retail to blame for my reluctance to call in sick. But thank DOG I can work from home, even if I do still feel like I'm abusing it. Or the gurney in the ER. Just thinking about calling in sick and doing no work makes me anxious. Which is why, with all the lack of gruntle with the post-concussive shit, I've not yet taken a sick day.
Strega is 100% right on about the sick-leave thing. I've never used all my sick leave time, even the year I was out sick for two weeks. (Part of it was planned vacation, part of it was holidays, but still.) They give it for a reason.
If your being out for a few days causes the office to fall into chaos, they ought to be paying you more.
I feel like I oughta have this tattooed somewhere. Not if "somewhere" is on me or other people.
This story is both cool and kinda yucky. . . fossilized footprints of a giant water scorpion were found in Scotland.
This is why I hate UPS deliveries. At least FedEx has decent hours (plus a facility nearer me). And they've never jacked me around by leaving slips with "signature required" unchecked yet talking down to me on the phone for not having signed the slips.
And since I got home after 11 last night, and my alarm went off at a quarter to 6 this morning, I didn't have the brainpower to sign the slip and leave it on the door. I'm going to do that on my way to the doctor this afternoon, but with my luck, they'll probably try to deliver it 20 minutes before I get there.
If your being out for a few days causes the office to fall into chaos, they ought to be paying you more.
Considering the chaos that erupted when I was out sick on Tuesday, I definitely need a raise.
I need to describe a faux suede covering.
Suede-ish.
Mmmmm....Suede-ish meatballs....
