I'm a retail assistant working on tills at Primark. So today is Eid, and also bank holiday. I'm a weekend staff, which means that in my contract I have to also work the bank holidays. Well we just found out about Eid being on Monday a couple days ago. So on Saturday, I texted my manager to try and request it off as holiday(I know it was very last minute, but that was when we found out), and she just ignored my texts. Anyway today comes around and I call in to tell them I'm sick and won't be coming in. My other manager picks up the phone and the conversation goes something along the lines of:
“Hello”
“Hi it's x, I'm just calling to let you guys know that I'm sick and won't be able to come in today”
“We're not taking in any sick calls today”
“Okay, but I still won't be coming in”
“If you don't come in, you will be put under investigation, do you understand. This is very unprofessional”
“Okay”
“You're the 8th person to call in sick today, you know that? This is very unprofessional, we're trying to run a business here…thank you bye”
“Thank you bye”
So how do you guys reckon I should go about this in the meeting?