Do you call or email in "sick"?

So basically I'm ALWAYS HERE. Must cultivate that raspy sick voice, dammit. But no, we don't email in, I always call and check in w/ boss so I can give any important instructions, and we usually call again later in the day to make sure things have gone smoothly. You'd have to be at death's door to justify not checking in with my boss. Maybe she thinks we're curing cancer, here?

I'm the same, except I don't even know my own!

The trick to phoning in sick is to go out on the lash the night before, stay up late, and set your alarm to get up at 9, or whenever you're supposed to start. You sounds sick because you ARE sick!

Yeah, lots of times when I call in sick it is because I've stayed up too late the night before and, in a weird way, this makes me feel less guilty because I do generally feel like shit!

how *did* san francisco get its reputation?

"Hey, I'm feeling a little under the weather, so I'm going to stay home. If there's an emergency or something I might be able to help with by phone, feel free to call me on my cell."

I have yet to come across a company which will call for any reason other than to say "I'm gonna have X work on Y. Are there any files for Y that you've worked on but haven't yet checked in? We'll check them in for you before X takes over for the day."

where have you been?

This is my new favorite exclamation.

Seattle, I gather.
-- jaymc

Yes. I was very busy then very lazy then having minor surgery then recovering and now I'm back I guess. In a couple days I'll be in nashville for about a month. The company I work for now is located in nashville even though I am still in seattle, so I get to telecommute and occasionally make a trip. Which is cool cause I can visit my family for free while I'm working there.

Now back to the thread...

Our office rule is that if you're sick, you phone the office secretary before 10. I'm not sure if leaving a voicemail message is acceptable. The benefit is that you never have to convince your own boss that you're ill.

I'm paranoid that someone will disarrange my desk or screw up one of my projects in my absence

Hah, me too - I'm wary of taking holidays, even, for fear of what will have happened to my desk when I get back.

-- k/l

No, I had not... I am looking now. Thanks.

That's what I used to do when I walked to work. Now I drive in it's not so sensible an idea; but I've not had to take any sick time for ages.

(no doubt if I did take a sick-day my boss would suggest I try telecommuting that day)

Me too. I don't say a word aloud or have a drink or clear my throat until I call.

I was embarassed and then immediately relieved. Conversations after that consisted of "Hey, its me. I'm taking the day."

I miss that job, to some extent.

this seems to be true, since now there's a few other people sick here (2 guys away today!), and they are all blaming me. maybe i'm a good excuse for fake sick-days, though...

When I feel sick I look sick - it's a benefit of being light brown. Headaches, frights and general illness make me go an attractive shade of grey. This scares her sufficiently to send me home.

It would be so much easier to stay in bed and call, but the stomach churning fear of phoning in and getting the third degree kind of ruins the long lie.

I emailed in yesterday morning and this morning, although I am not off sick, I am working from home as I fell down the stairs, like a dick.

I can't remember the last time I was so sick I stayed at home.

(i think i was too happy about the prospect of a day off earlier to realise just how ridiculous this situation is).

Have a cold. Dragged myself in y/day bcz I had a meeting and a training session, felt intermittently shitty. Didn't feel better this morning so called in. Now feeling guilty because I also don't feel any worse so I could've dragged myself in again. Ehh.

Also colds suck because of everyone who calls anything worse than a mild sniffle "the flu", so you can be contagious and feel like hammered shit but feel a total dork saying "uh I'm not coming in because I have a cold" and yr boss will be all "oh A COLD" and you imagine him relaying this news to the rest of the office and everyone rolling their eyes.

but there's one woman in my office who is all "oh no, colds! I don't want your cold!" every time anyone clears their throat, so you can't win. (to be fair I also think that any time anyone obviously snuffly is in the office, I just keep quiet, bcz in my book talking to officemates is something that should be kept to an absolute minimum)

oh and (from 5 years ago)

i always go in to work for a bit, usually looking miserable, attempting to "take one for the team", until they insist i go home

Surely this never works! Apart from permanent germ-fear woman looking suspiciously at me when I'm not even ill, nobody has ever expressed any sympathy or told me I should go home, even on the days I've felt shittiest.

Last year I had too many deadlines so I dragged myself in for a week where I felt really terrible, was going to bed like an hour after getting home every day, spent the weekend in bed shivering, having fucked-up psychedelic fever dreams (ok, this bit was awesome!) and being unable to move, and nobody at work even noticed my pain ;_;

I used to think (years ag) it was craven, but it's accepted now. Even my boss informs me via email when he takes a sick day.

*ago

Yeah, our guys are all about the emails. I usually just text the girl who covers for me, which is probably worse, but that's the way our department rolls, there's only two of us and we're kind of autonomous.

Taking one for the team totally used to work in my old work, especially when I used to sit in a wee team with three people, one my boss, one a whinger with a permanently weak chest who was susceptible to every bug going, and one girl who was pregnant and terrified of catching anything. See, I would *try* and come in, but my presence obviously not wanted with my germs and lurgy...

i am at work and i can't be here. i'm sick in the brain. last time i took a personal day was oct 24. what do we think?

Motion carried.