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May. 29th, 2005 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lbd_nytetraynWhat a day.
I wake up, sick, and knowing I'm supposed to work, decide to go in. I figure if they don't want me, they can send me home. Perhaps better to show the dedication than calling in again, and so soon after my vacation.
Well, that's pretty much what happened. But not how I expected it to.
I go in, and a coworker tells me he'd break it to me what happened yesterday, after I'd called in to say I couldn't make it. A factor in my coming in today was that the manager I spoke to said that night's manager would be [.....] about it. Can't remember the word. Upset, disappointed, angry, something expressing discontent. I didn't want that again today.
However, the manager I spoke to immediately contacted the store manager, and gave the manager I spoke to permission to give the rest of this week's hours of mine away.
I don't fault him for the decision. I just wish I'd been alerted of it. But, it was better for me to get the rest, and of course, better for them to not have to wait for my phone call today and tomorrow.
So, against everything, including better judgement, I decided to show dedication to my job and go in. My manager knew what I was probably thinking, given that I just got back from vacation, and here I am sick, but he did acknowledge my rather lacking state. I think "terrible" might've been the word he used, but I'm not positive. Getting there took most of my energy, it's a miracle I made it home, and with food at that.
And so went my day.
LBD "Nytetrayn"
I wake up, sick, and knowing I'm supposed to work, decide to go in. I figure if they don't want me, they can send me home. Perhaps better to show the dedication than calling in again, and so soon after my vacation.
Well, that's pretty much what happened. But not how I expected it to.
I go in, and a coworker tells me he'd break it to me what happened yesterday, after I'd called in to say I couldn't make it. A factor in my coming in today was that the manager I spoke to said that night's manager would be [.....] about it. Can't remember the word. Upset, disappointed, angry, something expressing discontent. I didn't want that again today.
However, the manager I spoke to immediately contacted the store manager, and gave the manager I spoke to permission to give the rest of this week's hours of mine away.
I don't fault him for the decision. I just wish I'd been alerted of it. But, it was better for me to get the rest, and of course, better for them to not have to wait for my phone call today and tomorrow.
So, against everything, including better judgement, I decided to show dedication to my job and go in. My manager knew what I was probably thinking, given that I just got back from vacation, and here I am sick, but he did acknowledge my rather lacking state. I think "terrible" might've been the word he used, but I'm not positive. Getting there took most of my energy, it's a miracle I made it home, and with food at that.
And so went my day.
LBD "Nytetrayn"
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Date: 2005-05-29 04:30 am (UTC)Anyway, hope you feel better soon! It stinks to have to miss work... I think all jobs should come with sick days.
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Date: 2005-05-29 11:09 am (UTC)Some sort of virus that's going around, is all the doctor said.
How long's it been going on?
Since Monday night.
I've never in my life been that sick, ever... except when I had that case of food poisoning (which may or may not have been a stomach virus). I was really unable to get up and function normally. Even working a desk job was nearly impossible. And then there was the apparent relapse a couple of weeks later. I guess it's just another thing to add to my list of "life experiences."
Heh, sometimes you have to wonder...
Anyway, hope you feel better soon! It stinks to have to miss work... I think all jobs should come with sick days.
Thanks, 'twould be nice.
LBD "Nytetrayn"