I've got a horrendous cold (aches, pains, feel hot then cold, really sore throat, the usual.) I went to work yesterday and instantly regretted it, so today I phoned in sick. My manager answers the phone and tells me I need to go to the doctor's (and lays in on thick about my recent absences, I was off for a week in August/September because I was ill!) What the fuck? What are they going to do? Tell me exactly what I already know? Stay in bed, drink plenty of fluids, take paracetamol... I don't want to get out of bed unless I really have to, it takes me half an hour to walk up to where my doctor's surgery is!