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Do you feel guilty calling in sick when you aren’t ‘sick’?

Sometimes everyone just needs a day. If you aren't technically “sick” but you just don't feel mentally like going in. Do you ever feel guilty for doing it? I have always felt so guilty for calling in sick and I stress about it so much before I do it. I guess it is because I have had Managers give me a hard time about in the past. But on the other hand I have also been on the other end of that too. I have been at work when multiple people call in on a really busy day and I suspect they did it just because they didn't want to put up with it but it made it that much more of a sucky day for those of us that showed up. I end up resenting them for a while when crap like this happens. Am I wrong to feel…


Sometimes everyone just needs a day. If you aren't technically “sick” but you just don't feel mentally like going in. Do you ever feel guilty for doing it? I have always felt so guilty for calling in sick and I stress about it so much before I do it. I guess it is because I have had Managers give me a hard time about in the past. But on the other hand I have also been on the other end of that too. I have been at work when multiple people call in on a really busy day and I suspect they did it just because they didn't want to put up with it but it made it that much more of a sucky day for those of us that showed up. I end up resenting them for a while when crap like this happens. Am I wrong to feel resentment to co-workers when they leave the rest of us holding the bag like that?

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