Thought this might be a fun idea for a thread. Share your story of a time you should NOT have been at work, but someone forced you to come in anyway. Here's mine:
It was about 2 weeks before Christmas and I suddenly came down with killer, trampled by rhinoceros, run over by truck, stomach flu. Woke up and immediately puked. Called work (Petco, at the time):
Me: "I'm sick. I really can't come in today. Sorry, I know that leaves you short-handed, but I just puked and I feel like I'm going to do the same as soon as I hang up."
Manager: "I'm so sorry, but I can't spare you today! I need you to come in."
Me: "What? Manager, I told you, I am really sick. You know I NEVER call in. I don't even know if I can drive there without stopping to throw up."
Manager: "If it was any other time, I would say stay home and feel better, but it's the Christmas season and a weekend. I really need you to just come in."
Me: "I'm not well enough to come in, and I'm probably contagious!"
Manager: "I'm sick, too, and I have to come in. Look, just come in and I'll cover the register if you need to take a break to throw up. I wish I could give you the day off, but I just can't."
So of course I was STEAMING-- both over her making me come in and because I then realized that SHE was probably the one who gave me the killer flu! But of course being not human, and more of a reptilian species called "Petco Manager," she wasn't affected as much by it...
I went in to work and had to take no less than SEVEN breaks to throw up. One customer came in with such bad body odor I had to call Manager to cover the register because I would have thrown up right there.
It was about 2 weeks before Christmas and I suddenly came down with killer, trampled by rhinoceros, run over by truck, stomach flu. Woke up and immediately puked. Called work (Petco, at the time):
Me: "I'm sick. I really can't come in today. Sorry, I know that leaves you short-handed, but I just puked and I feel like I'm going to do the same as soon as I hang up."
Manager: "I'm so sorry, but I can't spare you today! I need you to come in."
Me: "What? Manager, I told you, I am really sick. You know I NEVER call in. I don't even know if I can drive there without stopping to throw up."
Manager: "If it was any other time, I would say stay home and feel better, but it's the Christmas season and a weekend. I really need you to just come in."
Me: "I'm not well enough to come in, and I'm probably contagious!"
Manager: "I'm sick, too, and I have to come in. Look, just come in and I'll cover the register if you need to take a break to throw up. I wish I could give you the day off, but I just can't."
So of course I was STEAMING-- both over her making me come in and because I then realized that SHE was probably the one who gave me the killer flu! But of course being not human, and more of a reptilian species called "Petco Manager," she wasn't affected as much by it...
I went in to work and had to take no less than SEVEN breaks to throw up. One customer came in with such bad body odor I had to call Manager to cover the register because I would have thrown up right there.
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