Today, I learned that I have a sinus infection, ear infection and bronchitis so bad it was on the verge of pneumonia. My work won't let me call in sick. I work with kids. Lovely. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I’m at home, sick with a really bad sinus and ear infection. If I'd gone to the clinic earlier, then it wouldn’t have spread to my ears, but my boss wouldn’t let me take a day off. FML
Today, I’m on day three of pneumonia and a sinus infection. My six year-old is on day three of a sinus infection and day one of the stomach flu. FML
Today, I'd finally had enough of feeling awful and went to urgent care. As it turns out, the reason my throat was sore was because I have a sinus infection. The doctor explained my nose is producing pus, and that's what I'm swallowing and coughing up. Yuck. I also have pink eye on top of that. FML
Today, I am home sick with a sinus infection. I had to break up a fight between my two dogs over who got to chew on my snotty tissue. FML
Today, I'm stuck in bed with a fever, aches, and nasty cough. My kids and husband had it too, and kept coughing without covering their mouths, despite my asking several times so I wouldn't get sick. FML
Today, I woke up with a sore throat and a stuffy nose. As my boss is an asshat who hates allowing sick leave, I thought I could power through it, but halfway through my workday I sneezed so hard that I threw my back out. I had to go home early and now I can't move without pain. FML
Today, I found out I have a yeast infection, a bladder infection, and a urinary tract infection all at the same time. Oh, and I also have the flu. FML
Today, I went to urgent care with a sinus infection. I get them regularly, and just need a course of antibiotics to clear it up, but the doctor insisted I needed to take a COVID test. It came back with a false positive. Now I have to take a week off work, and I still don't have my antibiotics. FML
Today, I went to the doctor after being sick for weeks. I found out that I had bronchitis that then progressed to pneumonia. My girlfriend is hearing impaired, and when I can finally get words to come out when I speak, she can't understand them. I'm not sure who I feel more sorry for. FML
Today, after blacking out from fever, I found out that the reason I've been feeling so sick is that I've somehow come down with pneumonia, strep, and the common cold all at the same time. FML
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cheeeksss 29
And then I bet they'll also say "WHY DID YOU COME INTO WORK SICK? THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!"
allred1997 19
That's a great way to run a company, don't think about the workers or the customers
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Comments (99)
rubberduck_of_doom 31
I honestly don't get this! How can your work not LET you call in sick? When you're sick you're sick right? There's nothing you can do about that! They can't force you into work like that! At least not in Austria! Is it different in the US? If so... wow that sucks!
blueyoshi_fml 16
nope, I work in New York.State and I was diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday and told them the doctor said no work for 3 days and they said "ok get better". I have 20 sick days to work with (roll over from last year)
TheAspieDork 27
I guess in the US some people want to skip work a lot, so suspicious bosses may not always let their workers stay home. Unfortunately it's illegal not to give sick leave in the US, but hey, just because something's illegal doesn't always mean people won't continue doing it.
JinxTheQueen 16
I use to wait tables at a restaurant and one day I called in sick. Throwing up and a high fever. My bosses response? "Come in or you're fired." It often depends on the boss though.
xxkrystalxx 14
Legally they can not make you come in if your doctor says no. OPs boss is apparently just an asshole. And no Americans do not call in sick often. Not any more than the people wherever you're from.
psmith78332 13
Where in the US is it illegal to not give sick days. I've worked in Texas all my life and only 2 of the 5 jobs I've worked gave sick days.
blueyoshi_fml 16
I had a similar experience but I did get pneumonia and my doctor gave me a 3 day "no work" note. If you have sick days or vacation days how can they deny you that time?
epicx22 22
That's the same thing I'm wondering, and with OPs condition, why would they deny them? Especially if they work with kids..
AryaM 12
Not everyone has sick days, though. I worked at a job several years ago that offered no sick days. If you contracted an illness that was serious enough to keep you out for more than a day, you risked being fired. One lady was actually fired during her heart surgery. She sued for unlawful termination and got her job back, but they made her life hell for it.
TweetAnne 13
I don't get sick days unfortunately but we do get to call in if we really need it. I work for a produce company and they'll either give us medicine at work or send us home since we can't risk contaminating the product that thousands will use.
minissaussette 25
I don't understand the principle of sick days, here in France, you could be sick for like 6 months and your employer still couldn't fire you, they don't pay you anymore and they can replace you but you'll get your entire salary paid to you by some kind of institution and you'll have your job back when you come back. Does it mean that if you have like 15 sick days a year and you need 20 you have to go to work sick for 5 days ? What if you have cancer or something ? Or a bad car crash and you have to stay home for 1 month ?
chinaski7628 32
26—in the US, you can apply for FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) for a long term illness, maternity leave, or family emergency. To be eligible, the leave has to be certified by a doctor, be long term (I think over 20 days, but I can't quite remember), and you have to have worked at your job for at least 12 consecutive months. You also have to show proof that you are continuously receiving treatment during your leave. If you qualify, your employer can't fire you, but they don't have to pay you. I had pneumonia a few years ago and was out six weeks. Filling out the FMLA paperwork and getting it approved was incredibly time consuming. I had a friend who was in the hospital for three weeks after a car accident and surgery. He was ineligible for FMLA because he'd only worked at his job for ten months. He ended up losing that job. FMLA does provide some protection for employees, if they're eligible, but not everyone and not every situation qualifies for it. Unfortunately, in the US, if you get sick, you're screwed.
rebeccacmlc 22
It doesn't exactly work like that but it is true that in France, your employer can't fire you for being ill. Many employers will ask for proof that you were ill though. It's when I see things like this FML that I'm really glad to have this system, and security !
minissaussette 25
My cousin broke his arm 2 days after starting a new job, his job was to move boxes around so he couldn't work anymore, he still got paid until he was up again.
totallynotemily 25
Stay home. Unless you want to spread what you have to the children
JBM3292 19
Are you sure you dont work in Florida? Sounds like you and I work at the same place.
Aspirax 13
I don't believe any of those are contagious
chinaski7628 32
Contagious or not, they can be extremely painful and disruptive to your daily life. Not to mention the toll multiple infections can have on your body. Continuously overworking and over stressing your body can impair the immune system, causing it to take longer to heal from illness. Plus, kids are full of germs. If your immune system is already compromised, you're more likely to pick up another bug.
SailorSolaris 43
Pneumonia is very contagious, actually. Not sure about Bronchitis though.
thefaekitten 29
Ain't nobody got time for that.
SpeedingWolfG 5
That's sick and twisted
corky1992 33
if I felt that bad I'd stay home anyways. if the parents find out that they make you still work they're gonna be pissed because you could pass it on to the kids. I believe if you provide a doctors note it'd be illegal for them to fire you for it.
psmith78332 13
Not in Texas they can fire you for any reason
corky1992 33
I think a lot of places are like that but if I had a doctors not excusing me from working and was fired for it then I'd try to fight for wrongful termination. If the person is THAT sick they don't need to be working. More jobs need to care for their employees more than they do.
OrganicSistah 17
Come to work. Get everyone sick. Tell the parents to sue the company for making sick employees work. Blame your boss. Problem solved.
oathkeeper99 31
I know the feel. I work with food and have been at work with a raging chest infection with violent coughing fits that I couldn't control, so I was coughing all over the food and customers. I was told there was no one else to cover my shift so I had to stay, and just try to run round the back whenever I thought I was about to cough. I've also had to come in with food poisoning that led to me puking in the sink at work, and when I phoned the manager in tears I was told I wasn't allowed to go home for another three hours until the next person came in. I hate places that won't let you take sick days.
corky1992 33
I would have left anyways if I was puking.