Elderly Employees Ask Coworker Why He Was Out Sick For 2 Days, Won’t Stop Asking Until He Answers With Specifics: ‘Were You Sick, or Just Feeling Down?’

Why is it any of their business what was going on with him on his sick days?  When you call out sick from work, there are really only two kinds of responses you can get from your manager. They will either say, «Get well soon!» or, «Are you really so sick that you can’t come …
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Dad tells mom that he felt sick to his stomach when she turned away from their 4-month old baby for 5 minutes to check her phone: ‘Caring for my mental health by taking breaks is sickening?’

Why can’t he let his wife have a five-minute break from engaging with their baby? There’s no way of knowing how crazy it is to have a baby until you actually have one. Everyone talks about how stressful it is to feed them, hold them constantly, and wake up every 2-3 hours at night to …
Seguir leyendo Dad tells mom that he felt sick to his stomach when she turned away from their 4-month old baby for 5 minutes to check her phone: ‘Caring for my mental health by taking breaks is sickening?’

‘Sunny and runny’: A tissue box of memes better than Mucinex when you’re sick as a dog during the springtime

Is it allergies, or did you catch a cold in June? There is nothing worse than being sick when it’s beautiful weather outside. At least in the winter, you want to be indoors under a million blankets, all comfy cozy. In June, the month that ends spring and brings summer, you want to be outside …
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Manager asks employee with a 101-degree fever to come into work, demands a doctor’s note if he misses more than 2 days of work: ‘The age of «get well soon» has officially ended.’

The manager does not care about his employee’s well-being.  When you call out sick from work, there are really only two kinds of responses you can get from your manager. They will either say, «Get well soon!» or, «Are you really so sick that you can’t come into work?» If you’ve never worked for the …
Seguir leyendo Manager asks employee with a 101-degree fever to come into work, demands a doctor’s note if he misses more than 2 days of work: ‘The age of «get well soon» has officially ended.’

Boss reprimands employee for not covering his sick coworker’s last-minute shift because he was 2 hours away: ‘She didn’t believe I was unavailable to cover, and that I just didn’t want to.’

Her disrespect won’t make him want to cover any last-minute shifts in the future.  Are you obliged to cover your coworker’s shift if they call out at the last minute? Many bosses believe that being unable to come into work at any hour of the day is a personal slight and shows a lack of …
Seguir leyendo Boss reprimands employee for not covering his sick coworker’s last-minute shift because he was 2 hours away: ‘She didn’t believe I was unavailable to cover, and that I just didn’t want to.’

Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: ‘He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.’

If someone is begging you to call an ambulance, that’s precisely what you should do. I’m sure a lot of us have been in a situation where we knew someone needed to go to the Emergency Room, but they were extremely hesitant because they didn’t think their ailment was that serious. It’s stressful to know …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: ‘He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.’

Dad shames mom for going to a concert when their 10-year-old daughter is sick during his custody time: ‘He’s saying I’m being selfish and I should skip my trip so he doesn’t catch whatever she has.’

You don’t get to pick and choose when your child gets sick. Any parent will tell you that some of the worst times of their parenting lives were when their kids got sick. They’re not just talking about when they had to clean their kid’s vomit off the floor. They’re talking about the stress and …
Seguir leyendo Dad shames mom for going to a concert when their 10-year-old daughter is sick during his custody time: ‘He’s saying I’m being selfish and I should skip my trip so he doesn’t catch whatever she has.’

Stepmother insists on homeschooling her 12-year-old stepdaughter because of her medical issues, going against her and her mom’s wishes: ‘We already homeschool our 6-year-old.’

This should be a temporary fix when her stepdaughter is too sick to attend school. People homeschool their kids for all different reasons, and one of them is because their child is too sick to attend school on a regular basis. If a kid is out of school for «too many days» because they’re too …
Seguir leyendo Stepmother insists on homeschooling her 12-year-old stepdaughter because of her medical issues, going against her and her mom’s wishes: ‘We already homeschool our 6-year-old.’

A Snotty Tissue of Sniffly Laughs for People Under the Weather to Sneeze Into

Did you get your flu shot yet?   Every year my grandfather would call me around this time to check and see if I had gotten my flu shot yet. It’s times like these, when I forgot because he isn’t here to remind me and now I’m sick, that I still really really miss him. …
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Dad pesters his half-unconscious wife with a 104-degree fever, asking her how to get their 4 kids ready for bed: ‘I just snapped and told him to figure it out on his own’

There’s nothing worse than getting sick when you have small children. If you get sick when you’re childfree and can take a couple of sick days off work, it obviously still feels horrible, but at least you can focus your attention on actually getting better. Even if you’re a parent to older kids, they can …
Seguir leyendo Dad pesters his half-unconscious wife with a 104-degree fever, asking her how to get their 4 kids ready for bed: ‘I just snapped and told him to figure it out on his own’