So I left early yesterday, and called out today. I was spending a lot of the time in the bathroom trying to hack up whatever I had. I started feeling slightly better at the end of the night, but only after I ate and threw up. And this morning, it showed up again and I'm having the same issue. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be freaking out, but I have these symptoms the same time as a few bug bites. So I'm both sick and super itchy, yay.
And I don't have a car, so I'll be walking in 90-100 degree temperatures, plus I work outside. I had the store director remind me I've been calling out a lot recently (whether it was mental health or stomach issues), I feel like it's an implicit warning with the tone he had. And I would've just said screw it and popped in anyway, but I was already holding back a gag while I was on the phone. Maybe I should've let it go through to make it clear.
I guess if there's an incident where I just blow chunks on a register or something, they'd better be okay with that cause I don't think I'll be calling out anymore no matter how sick I am. The only time I didn't get shit for it was when I got COVID, and while I was there and didn't know yet, they were still telling me to work faster, while I was clearly miserable, with chills, and even walking made me tired.
Also I've been talked to for “being great some days, but bad others”, cause of certain days where I couldn't mentally or physically deal with it and I just came in anyway. Like I had people call me out for being in the bathroom a while, because I've been gagging and trying to throw up for 10 minutes, or called into the office for not talking much while depressed. It's like I'm expected to be in tip top shape 24/7. I can't call out sick, but I can't genuinely act like I'm sick while there. I recently had a co-worker tell me that she doesn't have a choice to not come in the next day, while she was going home early sick that day, so this seems like a common enough occurrence.
It's not like I want to. It's not about me being lazy, or wanting to goof off. Even when it's not a physical issue, I spend most of my time just laying in bed, and I'd rather be working, but I genuinely can't. I work with people with known auto immune issues and I'm still getting pressured to work with sicknesses. Guess I have to in order to keep my minimum wage job.