Feel so guilty...

[morningstar]

I called in sick to work this afternoon even though I am completely healthy. I am trying to justify it by the fact that I never call in sick, and that today I was scheduled to work a 3.5 hour shift. Yes really 3.5 hours. It isn't right I know...Do you guys ever call in sick when your not?

[wordsmith]

I've called in exhausted, and said I was sick. But I've never called in to go do something else. I'm not a good liar, so no Ferris Bueller's Day Off for me.

I also have so few sick days that it would irk me to use them up not really sick.

[WeirdBrake]

Feeling guilty for not working hard enough? Get over it. Life's too short for that. Feel guilty if you do things that are really cruel to others; DON'T feel guilty about calling in sick. It's soooo not worth it.

[cornflakegirl]

uh, yeah. don't feel bad. what is the point of a 3.5 hr shift anyways?

last week, i got notification that i have more than 3 occurences in a 3 month period, 5.5 occurences to be specific. most are 1/2 points for being late, but 3 are for calling in.

i have to say that 1 was for being sick from paxil withdrawal, but later that day when i was feeling better, i drove up to canada. i called off the next day too (still fighting the bug). i also called off a few months ago & said that a friend's car was snowed in behind mine. that was a lie. so i kinda blame deadend for some of my call-offs.

[wordsmith]

Oh, I wouldn't feel guilty. I'd just figure I was screwing myself somewhere further down the road.

[pisces2473]

Haha, I take mental health days all of the time. I hate my job, and it makes me sick to go here. So I takeoff time. I don't give a shit...except it's March and I don't get any more sick time until JULY!

[shimmer728]

I would feel guilty, too, but that's just the way I am. I can never bring myself to take a sick day, and they don't carry over from year to year, so I end up wasting them. I should just take a Ferris Bueller for the hell of it.

[morningstar]

I feel ya Pisces...I hate my job so much too! It is a crappy retail mall job and I have a better one that I start in about 3 weeks. I don't get any sick time or holidays or anything like that with my current job. I have never called in sick before in the year and a half that I have worked there. I am kinda pissed that they scheduled me for a 3.5 hour shift. Cornflakegirl, I don't know what the point of it is, I think those short shifts just cover for people who arrive late or don't show up etc. I have to drive about 40 minuets just to get there so it didn't seem worth it for me today. I have a ton of school work I can do and WILL do even if I am procrastinating now. :redface: