Today, I got yelled at for calling in sick to work. My boss said, "I still came to work when I had pneumonia. You'll live." Uh… that's not impressive or motivating at all. That's downright stupid. FML
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Today, I called in sick to work. My boss told me there's no excuse for sick days, because she once came in to work while suffering from pneumonia. Apparently, that's supposed to be impressive and inspiring. I don't know about you, but bad medical decisions aren't very inspirational to me. FML
Today, I woke up in the ER after constant coughing and pneumonia made me pass out. I told my boss I was in the hospital with an infection and 235/163 blood pressure, so I wouldn’t be in. His response was, “So, you are a lazy POS and expect your colleagues to cover you?” I’d quit if my health was better. FML
Today, I was feeling terrible so I called in sick to work. My boss refused to believe me and told me he'd fire me if I didn't come in. I dragged myself to work, only to spend most of the day glued to the toilet. Now he says I won't be paid for the day because I barely did any work. FML
Today, despite having a stomach bug, I went into work, as my boss is overseas and had warned me not to take any sick leave until she returned. After 4 hours and vomiting twice, I left. She found out and sent me an email bitching me out for coming in sick. FML
Today, I went to work despite having a nasty cold. I didn't call up sick because last week when I called in, my boss said I was being "unprofessional and unacceptable." My boss sent me home with a written warning today, claiming that coming to work sick was "unprofessional and unacceptable." FML
Today, I called in sick for the first time. My boss said that if I didn’t show up, not only would he fire me, but he’d make sure I never find another job for the rest of my life. So I showed up to work with a bucket, puking every five minutes. My boss still made me stay the full nine hours. FML
Today, my boss called and yelled at me because he said I was "spotted" out after I called off sick. I was out getting the medicine the doctor had just prescribed me. FML
Today, I dragged myself to work, suffering from a bad cold. My boss quietly told me to go home and rest, to avoid spreading it around the office. I thought it odd since he dislikes me so much, but I did as he said. He called later in the day to suspend me for leaving work early. FML
Today, my boss called me to say that I've been slow at work this week and that I will be replaced if I don't pick up the pace. That would be understandable, if I didn't have a broken ankle and pneumonia. FML
Today, I called into work because I was too tired to keep my eyes open. My boss berated me over the phone, saying I should be more like that other employee who came in with a broken toe. That was me. FML
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Top comments
Ubehage 32
Bosses are gonna boss. Their brain is too primitive to understand anything except capitalism.
Doom_Kitty 14
It's not only stupid, it's also unsocial, mean and should be illegal.
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Comments (5)
Ubehage 32
Bosses are gonna boss. Their brain is too primitive to understand anything except capitalism.
Doom_Kitty 14
It's not only stupid, it's also unsocial, mean and should be illegal.
RichardPencil 32
Not if you're stuck with the PTO (personal time off) scam, where your sick days and vacation are all in one bucket. Don't waste a vacation day if you can go in sick, isolate yourself there and then do next to nothing. It's perverse, but I didn't make the rules.
IHaveThePower 18
I mean, I did try coming in with pneumonia once under that logic, but 1) I actually felt fine aside from hacking up my lungs, and that's not that different from a bad asthma day, and 2) I got kicked out after five minutes because I was contagious. So maybe don't do it if your boss can hear you coughing...
SylvarLorali 4
Well you're not wrong...
bazjack 26
Yeah, like my coworker who bragged about coming in with strep throat - and then gave it to everyone else in the office. Then we all got in trouble when we sensibly stayed home.