I sprained my ankle last night playing sports and today i came into work a few minutes late. After a backhanded comment from my boss “good afternoon, maybe work on getting here on time tomorrow” that I ignored I asked my boss if someone could replace me today because I shouldn't be walking on it and after some guilt tripping I was sent home -after they made it very clear how inconvenient it was to them and how it's selfish I did it during a hobby I loved.
I find it so infuriating that workplaces offer sick leave, but don't have the personnel infrastructure to use it. In an ideal world I would take the whole week off and rest (I have like 2 months of sick leave) but I know that I can't because everyone else will be overworked in my absence. I'm worried that when I get back in a couple days I'll be ridiculed for not sucking it up.