Long story short, I'm off sick from work with a nasty UTI and feeling rubbish. One of my best friends has also come down with something today and is probably going to be going off sick herself.
We both are in similar jobs with a lot of responsibility, but I'm happy to admit mine has less fallout if I'm off than hers does. Sure I have work to catch up on, but the impact of her being off sick is huge.
She rang me up before and basically told me how unfair this is and how it annoys her that I can just go off sick with no real repercussions. I listened to her talk about her job and dilemma of whether to go off - gave appropriate empathy etc, most of which was met with unappreciative comments like "I know all that already".
She asked how I was and I told her I'd had a temperature that afternoon and felt bad, to which she responded that it's weird to have one now when I've taken my first dose of antibiotics and then questioned how I'd taken it and why I even own a thermometer in the first place.
I always give her tons of support and sympathy - she was actually ill last week too (so she's already playing catch up at work from that) and I popped in and helped her out with a few things/took my laptop so she could access her work e-mails/checked on her via phone. Not claiming to be a hero here, I think that's normal behavior when your friend is ill.
Anyway, I feel really really annoyed by her complete thoughtlessness with regards to how I'm feeling and for her treating me like the enemy when I'm always there for her. I'm extremely tempted to tell her just what I think - but am I being totally unreasonable about the whole thing when we're both ill and probably sensitive/in bad moods??