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Should I phone in sick on Monday

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ML5 · 27/09/2024 19:34

Have a very bad cold, sore throat along with nausea. Went to work today (I work alongside my colleague in nursery kitchen just us two but she’s on holiday gets back to work Weds afternoon) however I felt very bad with my cold, sneezing & felt sick twice as well. I am thinking of phoning in sick on Monday to Weds of next week however I’m not sure if my boss would be ok with that as work colleague is holiday and I’m expected to be in but at the same time I feel very unwell and can’t work in kitchen the way I feel right now. AIBU to think it’s not really my issue and they would have to find someone to cover over the 3 days I be off sick? Or AIBU to actually be off sick for 3 days

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VictoryOrDeath · 27/09/2024 20:24

Literally no one confuses feeling sick and being sick, and no one who works in food prep doesn't know about the 48h rule 🧐.

Betterthanitseems · 27/09/2024 20:24

So were you cooking and vomitting today ? I think today is when you should have went home...you have probably infected all.the children...

Lovelynames123 · 27/09/2024 20:23

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VictoryOrDeath · 27/09/2024 20:22

ML5 · 27/09/2024 19:37

Sorry forgot to add that I was going to wait until Monday but if I still wasn’t up for it & not feeling any better then I would be off for 2-3 days

But why? Do your illnesses follow a different timeline to other peoples?

Jewelanemone · 27/09/2024 20:21

Sounds like you fancy a little 3-day break and have been sowing the seeds today.

RuthW · 27/09/2024 20:21

How could you possibly know Fri night how you will feel Mon morning?

DrinkElephants · 27/09/2024 20:21

Boidont · 27/09/2024 19:36

It’s Friday, I understand giving a heads up about Monday just incase but trying to call off half of next week this far in advance is a piss take

This. You can’t know you’re gunna be I’ll Monday to Wednesday.

harrumphh · 27/09/2024 20:19

It doesn't matter what your boss thinks, if you're ill you're ill.

I'm self-employed and I've been off two weeks with an illness, it can't be helped.

CoastalCalm · 27/09/2024 20:19

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Mmhmmn · 27/09/2024 20:18

Why don’t you see how you feel on Sunday evening. You might be a power better by then.

Tumbleweed101 · 27/09/2024 20:15

There is a high chance you'll be better by Monday. A mild illness like you're describing certainly won't need planning to be off four or five days from now.

CharlotteBog · 27/09/2024 20:14

YABU for being an employed adult and not knowing your sickness guidance.

Thfrog · 27/09/2024 20:13

Calliopespa · 27/09/2024 20:13

In that case op, you need to time your vomiting for Monday (wink wink! 😉)

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Exactly you've gone in too soon with the vomit unless your planning on keeping it up for 3 days

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Calliopespa · 27/09/2024 20:13

Thfrog · 27/09/2024 19:48

Feeling sick is not always synonymous with vomiting.

Does your work have a policy on working with vomiting? Some places say you can't work 48 hours from your last incidence of vomiting

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In that case op, you need to time your vomiting for Monday (wink wink! 😉)

Thfrog · 27/09/2024 20:12

So you have a cold and threw up at work twice? And you work in a nursery kitchen? You should have left the moment you were first sick. Do you have a food hygiene certificate?

StormingNorman · 27/09/2024 20:12

I don’t think you can predict on Friday that you will be sick in 3-5 days time. I think you can’t be arsed to do your work and cover for your colleague while she’s on holiday…so YABU.

Cynic17 · 27/09/2024 20:11

No! You're clearly not sick enough to be off work now, let alone in 3 or 4 days' time.
Just be honest - your want to skive off.

Calliopespa · 27/09/2024 20:09

itwasnevermine · 27/09/2024 19:59

I have a cold. Sore throat, stuffed nose, sneezing, headache. I'm getting on with life because I certainly can't afford three days missed pay!!

It’s stuffy nose btw.
Stuffed sounds like you are keeping things up it.

But what is really going on op? Are you sounding us out before you embark on a plan?

Calliopespa · 27/09/2024 20:07

I think you’ve got a trip planned?

Ohnobackagain · 27/09/2024 20:05

@ML5 if you are being sick then you should not be preparing food. Especially not in a nursery. You shouldn’t return to work until 48 hours after last sickness event, at least I think that’s what the NHS advice is. If you are sick tomorrow but not Sunday you could return on Tuesday.

WinterMorn · 27/09/2024 20:05

This is the most bizarre and piecemeal type story I have heard in a long time!

Jellybeanz456 · 27/09/2024 20:02

O behave you don't know how you will feel by then an surely you will have started to get over the worst. Sounds like your trying to get out off working alone if you ask me.

Sirzy · 27/09/2024 20:02

ML5 · 27/09/2024 19:56

When I said I felt sick I meant actually being sick so sorry about confusion
If I was to phone in Monday (if I am not well still mainly cos of sickness) AIBU for that knowing my work colleague is away

Sounds like you changing your story to try to justify yourself

Tink3rbell30 · 27/09/2024 20:01

You don't need 3 days off next week if you're feeling unwell right now.