p111ddy Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 It’s really weird I’ve been at my current job for well over a year now and im not the sort of person that’s takes the piss with coming in late, taken time off etc etc. I just called him up to say im sorry mate but im not going to be able to come work tomorrow cause I’ve got an abcess in my mouth which has cause my whole left side of my face to swell up to the extent that my left eye is almost completely closed and causing me to be in some serious pain! so he turns around and goes "fine if you cant make it you cant make it....but it would be much better if u could because blah blah blah and carry’s on with a big gilt trip! i mean whats the deal with that? Its as if he doesn't belive me? What should i do? go in a prove to him i cant work and my left side resembales John Merrick? Or just stay at home and rest? Im sorry people but I needed to get that of my chest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Don't sweat it. Bosses and managers get paid more than the likes of us so if they want to go in when sick well, good for them. He's probably just pissed because he might have to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukey-lukey Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I had the same kind of thing with a previous boss. I never took the piss with time off etc, but the odd time I was too ill to work I got hastle from him blah blah blah. He was a tosser anyway Just stay at home mate, if he needs proof that you're too ill to work get a doctors note... he can't argue with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Take a photo of the swelling and then put it up as your screensaver (assuming you use a computer at work). H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p111ddy Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Just stay at home mate, if he needs proof that you're too ill to work get a doctors note... he can't argue with that I've got one better then that! His daughter i woz out with her on Friday and i kept saying i had a really bad tooth ache but nothing to bad. Woke up sat and she could she i was in alot of pain. So I went dentise who told me nothing could be done because the abcess and this morning my left side is just massive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviekid Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 His daughter i woz out with her on Friday and i kept saying i had a really bad tooth ache but nothing to bad. Woke up sat and she could see Maybe that's why he's pissed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukey-lukey Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I've got one better then that! His daughter i woz out with her on Friday and i kept saying i had a really bad tooth ache but nothing to bad. Woke up sat and she could she i was in alot of pain. So I went dentise who told me nothing could be done because the abcess and this morning my left side is just massive Your knocking off his daughter!!?!?!? lol thats great, thats probably the reason he's a funny bugger about it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p111ddy Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Your knocking off his daughter!!?!?!? lol thats great, thats probably the reason he's a funny bugger about it all Ohh SH*T. Maybe i should go in?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris and Alana Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Your knocking off his daughter!!?!?!? lol thats great, thats probably the reason he's a funny bugger about it all I agree, and you wonder why hes being funny, LOL. Anyway, dont worry about it, just think your at home relaxing with his daughter while hes at work having to do something for a change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Your knocking off his daughter!!?!?!? lol thats great, thats probably the reason he's a funny bugger about it all Errrrmmmm!! Yeah that! Disregard my previous post. The fact that you are poking his daughter might have clouded the issue slightly. Especially if she mentioned that you were "going like a shit house door in the wind on Friday night!!" to him....... H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviekid Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Tell him it's been caused by a contagious herpes virus you caught from his daughter and that she doesn't have it on her face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukey-lukey Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Tell him it's been caused by a contagious herpes virus you caught from his daughter and that she doesn't have it on her face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p111ddy Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Tell him it's been caused by a contagious herpes virus you caught from his daughter and that she doesn't have it on her face. Lol. Thats just wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Thats just wrong! But so so funny! I'm sure he'll be fine about it. Eventually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 We get this at our place, i've just been off a couple of weeks ago with tonsillitis and a fever, couldn't speak, was told by the GP that i might possibly infect the elderly so to stay away, temp hit 104F and i lost a stone in 6 days. They kept grumbling on the phone and we've got a policy at work where it's upto us to PROVE we're sick... so i took a nice pic of my tonsils which made a few of the staff feel a bit funny We don't get paid if we're off anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I really don't understand the whole guilt trip thing either.... it actually winds me up big time when people who are obviously ill don't stay at home, and instead come into the office with a box of lemsip and tissues, trying to make everyone else feel sorry for them whislt infecting even more people. Thus meaning that rather than having to find cover for one person, it ends up being 3 or 4..... grrrrrrrr. When people apologise to me for calling in sick I have a simple response... if you were actually ill then FFS don't apologise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 If you are genuinely ill there's nothing you can do. The blokes at Mike's work have a tendency to text or call at 6am and say 'I'm ill can I have the day off' - it's like errr if you are actually ill you wouldn't be asking! D*cks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p111ddy Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 When people apologise to me for calling in sick I have a simple response... if you were actually ill then FFS don't apologise! i understand what your saying but with the thing is i apoligised due to the fact i hate to let people down and i know that if im not there to do my work then it puts more of a load on the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 i understand what your saying but with the thing is i apoligised due to the fact i hate to let people down and i know that if im not there to do my work then it puts more of a load on the others. My sentence sounded a lot harsher than I meant it. When I say that I say it as a friendly response to a polite thing If that makes any sense at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p111ddy Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 My sentence sounded a lot harsher than I meant it. When I say that I say it as a friendly response to a polite thing If that makes any sense at all! Its cool fella i understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambertpig Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 i often frown at sick days. a lot of people abuse the system(oh ive got a hangover i will call in sick ,or i will call in sick to watch the match. working in retail i hear it all the time from customers who are meant to be working. i once read that the average police officer has 13.7 days off a year ,i bet they could have easily worked 10 of those i am self employed and simply do not take days off sick (2 in 5 years i bet)because i cant without it costing me loads of money. most people dont consider the difficulties the employer faces when sick days are taken unfairly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 We found a simple solution to reduce the number of sick days at our place. Don't pay 'em. Amazing how less ill people have been in the last 12 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 What about statutory sick pay? I took Monday off despite knowing I wouldn't be paid for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 We found a simple solution to reduce the number of sick days at our place. Don't pay 'em. Amazing how less ill people have been in the last 12 months. Good in theory but if you're legitimately ill that causes serious problems - when i was off sick with Glandular Fever (during a time when i was working 9 hours a day and having to revise at night for qualification exams), i was screwed as i made myself even worse by trying to work with it. Living on your own with bills to pay and getting paid nothing for about 3 months has put me in a lot of debt as I'd only come out of uni and had no savings - all went on the CCs. If i'm ill the odd day then i don't care about not being paid as I know i couldn't be there anyway. With our close proximity to patients, we do have to think about spreading things to old people etc though too. When i was off for a week it cost me £500 which could really do with - there was no way I could make it so can't do much about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Good in theory but if you're legitimately ill that causes serious problems - when i was off sick with Glandular Fever (during a time when i was working 9 hours a day and having to revise at night for qualification exams), i was screwed as i made myself even worse by trying to work with it. Living on your own with bills to pay and getting paid nothing for about 3 months has put me in a lot of debt as I'd only come out of uni and had no savings - all went on the CCs. Management discretion. Basically we look after people we know are properly ill. Have a lad with a weird skin problem which means he's effectively allergic to sunlight. He ended up with skin cancer (which is under control now), obviously all paid etc. We're not monsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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