To be fair, it was more like “I was on the way to fainting, but lay down instead because it hurts less”…
My supervisor seriously was upset with me tonight because I messaged & called to tell him “I've almost fainted twice and who else can cover?”. Thought I was trying to get out of the impending 10 hour shift. (No, I'm looking forward to the OT.)
Instead, he got the on-call person to come in & put me on-call. Yeah, no. That phone is in the car & I'm in the ER now.
I drive usually around 250 miles on a work night. Smearing the car across the freeway seems like a much worse option than having the assistant manager come in on a day off. (A suggestion which the supervisor vetoed.)