I was sick for most of December and so was our 1 year old. I had 1 week off (part time I work 3 days) but they let me take it as holiday early in December. I worked through the rest of it.
On Wednesday I went home an hour early as I was a walking hot mess, my whole body ached and burned. By the time I got home I was really poorly and I stayed in bed for the rest of the night.
Yesterday I still felt bad but I also had a terrible cough and sore throat and my tongue was covered in ulcers. I rang in sick and the store manager said it was fine.
Today I wake up and I feel like my throat is closing up, cough is horrible and again tongue is still covered in ulcers. I feel very achey and light headed. I would be absolutely no good at work at all. I work in retail.
I got my partner to ring in because it hurts to talk and when I do it’s croaky whisper which hurts. (I have no issue with ringing in at all usually, but today it really is uncomfortable and painful to talk)
A different manager demands that I ring in, partner tries to explain the reason I can’t but this manager is quite rude and Demands I ring in.
I now feel incredibly nervous and bad that I’m not at work. I feel genuinely not good enough or up to go stand and serve customers for 10 hours and lead a team doing so.
Am I being unreasonable not to ring back? They know I’m not going in. They know why I’m not going in. I’m lay in bed worrying. My partners mum is helping with the baby today as my partner has now gone to Work himself. So I finally get time to rest.
I’m not being a wet lettuce I promise. If it was any thing less I would go in to work but I can’t face talking to hundreds of people when I feel my tongue is the size of a whale and I’m as germ ridden as a rubbish tip. 